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Copyright: How It Went Wrong

CGP Grey · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

CGP Grey's five-minute animated explainer on how copyright terms grew from 14 years to life plus decades. It uses Disney and Star Wars examples to argue the system has gone wrong.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN shares it as a short summary of why copyright length matters and the history of Disney-driven term extensions.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “CGP Grey also did a fantastic video on the history of copyright and Disney's constant involvement.”

    History of copyright and Disney's involvement

    Chardok, 2017-12 · Strong recommendation · in “How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay”

  2. “hopefully you'll understand why having 14 years for copyright is not the same as 30 or 100 years”

    Explains why copyright length matters

    mtgx, 2012-12 · Recommendation · in “There Is Never a Need to Justify Sharing Culture and Knowledge”

  3. “This video by CGP Grey summaries the problem pretty well”

    Summarizes problem of extended copyright terms

    ucha, 2013-07 · Recommendation · in “Why does Amazon have more books from the 1880s than the 1980s? Blame copyright”

  4. “See this video for a different perspective”

    A different perspective on copyright

    aestra, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: copyright, public domain, disney, fair use, law

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