Comment by tpush

5 years ago

> If you are blocking people from reading books in the public domain […]

‘Public domain’ doesn’t exist in Germany.

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detaro  5 years ago

For the purposes of the discussion here, "Gemeinfreiheit" is basically the same thing.

  • hnbad  5 years ago

    An important caveat is that in Germany (and Austria, I think?) you can't legally dedicate a work to the public domain, but you can surrender most of your legal rights to a work. This is why international public domain dedications often include a fallback public license.

Vespasian  5 years ago

70 years after the last authors death it becomes public domain.

You cannot give up all rights voluntarily.