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Old 12-24-2001, 12:00 PM  
baddog
So Fucking Banned
 
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AdultWriters: content is two syllables, so . . . hope AdultWriters is just a screen name, and not what you do

UnseenWorld: Actually, you are wrong. Public Domain is a product, in this example pics, which the holder of the copyright has given permission to the world to use. The holder of the copyright of a library worth of content can post it on a newsgroup, and declare it public domain. I hold the copyright on pics of an ex-wife or ex-g/f blowing me. I can post them here, or on a newsgroup and declare them public domain. It does not mean that I do not own the copyright, it only means that I have given up any protection provided by copyright laws.

The same thing happens when the composer or a song dies, and enough time has passed with no one handling his estate having filed the paperwork required to continue the copyright protection. Freeware is public domain.
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