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• Disney retracts copyright claim on a YouTuber's "Steamboat Willie" video, allowing it to be monetizable and shareable worldwide.

• The claim had previously demonetized the video and restricted its visibility and embedding options.

• This move by Disney may signal its recognition of "Steamboat Willie" being in the public domain.

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[-] tomasz@lemmy.sieprawski.pl 5 points 11 months ago

Since more and more works arrive into public domain, are there aggregate sites/torrents with fresh "releases"?

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://blog.archive.org/ marks the beginning of each year with some articles featuring the new public domain material.

[-] nelly_man@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

For digital copies of written works in the public domain, projectgutenberg.org is a good source.

[-] tomasz@lemmy.sieprawski.pl 3 points 11 months ago

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