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ustad 38 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 ...

I just can’t get my head around that this (Tintin) is for the US. For the rest, including the EU, the copyright is until around 2050.

soperj 38 days ago | [–]

Hemingway has been in public domain for a while in Canada (pretty sure)

thrance 37 days ago | [–]

I'm still confused about copyright laws, so Americans will be able to make derivative works of Tintin but not Belgians?

Mindwipe 37 days ago | [–]

Yes. And the Americans can't export it to the EU.

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