Why?
The Beatles really wrote and performed Strawberry Fields.
Why are you entitled to it for gratis? It’s a taking for public benefit.
Ancient writings like Plato or Marcus Aurelius somehow feel different. But high-fidelity live recording feels like it shouldn’t go into the public domain.
It’s someone’s commercial work product
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Why? The Beatles really wrote and performed Strawberry Fields.
Why are you entitled to it for gratis? It’s a taking for public benefit.
Ancient writings like Plato or Marcus Aurelius somehow feel different. But high-fidelity live recording feels like it shouldn’t go into the public domain. It’s someone’s commercial work product
Would they ever have done so without a lifetime of listening to the music and culture of others?
Who owns the right for it now? I recall Sony bought it from Michael Jackson.