Comment by Arainach
Comment by Arainach a day ago
To avoid the advent calendar, this may be more useful:
Comment by Arainach a day ago
To avoid the advent calendar, this may be more useful:
Because that table is "Entering the public domain in countries with life + 80 years".
Neat! I just discovered that Carolyn Keene's first Nancy Drew story, "The Secret of the Old Clock", will be in the public domain next year. I remember reading this in elementary school when I was on a big mystery kick for a while (I had some of the computer games, too). I had no idea it was that old.
I see that How to Win Friends and Influence People is on there. I'm looking forward to the inevitable And Zombies adaptation coming in 2027.
So is the Diary of Anne Frank, that will surely get some sort of zombie remix in poor taste, I’m sure.
There's already the new musical, Slam Frank, which gives the story of Ann Frank the Hamilton treatment.
"and others could do nothing about that. The possibilities are endless."
Well, I wouldn't be so sure about it. Just because other people have no more copyright legal angle, there are still other legal and plenty of non legal ways to bother you, if you manage to piss enough people off.
Well yeah, but that's just being part of this universe and applicable to anything.
If one were to write fanfic with all those things combined, legally there are no repercussions, but people have indeed been tried and burned for less.
Imagine all the weird generative AI now these works all go public. Don't have to like it, but just imagine. So much crap will be produced in 2026.
Is this a reference to a public domain zombie reboot that already happened, or just sounds like something Hollywood would do?
pretty sad you don't realize non-profits need money to keep running and "shenanigans" help with funding
Do they? Do they really think I'm going to come back each day to see what the new reveal is, and on the 17th day I'm going to decide "Oh, hey, maybe I should send them some money"?
No. No, I'm not. I'm gone and I'm not coming back. Ain't nobody got time for games like this.
What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list.
It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.