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		zerocrates on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1... Doesn't really make sense, as these same 20s works were the ones that were kept out of the public domain the first time around with the Copyright Term Extension Act.

MaxBarraclough on Dec 22, 2022 [–]

Good point. Follow-on question then: why did they push for it last time? Was 1920's content more valuable at that time?

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