<story><title>What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2011?</title><url>http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pre1976</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ajays</author><text>The current copyright law is a prime example of the impotence of the electorate in the face of the power of Big Money. It is in the public interest to have works move into the public domain, so that others can build upon them (I&apos;ll refrain from linking to the myriad talks by Lessig and others about how the current copyright system is broken).&lt;p&gt;And yet Hollywood keeps buying the legislators and perpetuates this broken system.</text></comment>
<story><title>What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2011?</title><url>http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pre1976</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>praptak</author><text>The deal between copyright holders and society was changed retroactively in favor of the former. Why then should the latter uphold their end of the deal, i.e. not pirate?</text></comment>