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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Dec 2, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What will enter the public domain in 2025?

> I suspect the rights holders would abandon them if they had to pay any fee

Wouldn’t that just put the works in the public domain, allowing others to legally publish the works? What would be the downside?

toast0 on Dec 2, 2024 [–]

Yes, that's the upside. That's why people want a meaningful fee.

If it's revenue based and there's no revenue, then the rightsholder will renew to protect their options.

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