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cornell532yesterday at 2:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

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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goaliecatoday at 3:26 AM

Who owns the right for it now? I recall Sony bought it from Michael Jackson.

tekneyesterday at 7:53 PM

Would they ever have done so without a lifetime of listening to the music and culture of others?