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0 pointsAnalemma_1mo ago0 comments

This is the rare case when Europe is even worse. Metropolis, the 1927 Fritz Lang film, is out of copyright in the United States but will still be in copyright in Germany until 2047: 120 fucking years.

It’s preposterous, and offensive to anyone’s intelligence to claim that this is about incentivizing production; does anyone seriously believe there is a potential artist out there who would avoid making their magnum opus if it could only be under copyright for 119 years?

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antonvs1mo ago

The problem is, copyright law is no longer about artists, if it ever was: it’s about corporations, i.e. maximizing the value corporations can extract from intellectual property.

This post which was on the front page today is relevant: https://alexwennerberg.com/blog/2026-01-25-slop.html

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antonvs1mo ago

The problem is, copyright law is no longer about artists, if it ever was: it’s about corporations, i.e. maximizing the value corporations can extract from intellectual property.

This post which was on the front page today is relevant: https://alexwennerberg.com/blog/2026-01-25-slop.html

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