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What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list.

It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.

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It's absolutely ridiculous and has almost everything to do with Disney trying to maintain their hold on Mickey Mouse. Every single time his expiration came up they managed to lobby for an extension and now we're left with this current mess of a system

Wow, I didn't know the connections between Mickey Mouse and Mein Kampf ran that deep. ;-)

I was like you once...

takes long drag from cigarette

That is only for Spain, which has copyright of Death of Author + 80.

Then why is he listed in that table? I don’t get it.

Because that table is "Entering the public domain in countries with life + 80 years".

Are you mistaking William Faulkner's mustache for Hitler's?

What does it mean to be in public domain

that the Hitler estate can't sue you for copyright infringement if you publish it yourself and distribute copies.

Interesting that he still has an estate. And thanks for explaining what it means

In practice, there was not a Hitler estate - the government of Bavaria (a state in Germany) took ownership of the copyright.

Hitler did have a nephew by blood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stuart-Houston

and I guess a few others, but dwindling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_family

https://nypost.com/2018/10/08/some-of-hitlers-last-relatives...

...did they exercise it?

Rather the opposite, they disallowed anyone from printing copies

Estate is a common law concept. There’s no direct equivalent in German law.

That question is answered by the first sentence on the page that this thread is discussing:

> At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain and become free to enjoy, share, and reuse for any purpose.

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