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Comment by jeremyjh

21 hours ago

Public domain doesn’t mean anyone can assert copyright. It specifically means no one can.

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voakbasda  20 hours ago

No, it means you can use that work in the creation of new works, which can indeed be copyrighted.

cyanydeez  21 hours ago

also, none of it means anything without the lawyers to back it up. Just like you can be a pedophile in the highest office of democracy and escape persecution.

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