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Comment by jeremyjh

1 day ago

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

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voakbasda  1 day ago

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

cyanydeez  1 day 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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