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    "title": "IP Feudalism and the Shrinking of the Public Domain \u2014 Marginal Revolution",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>If the pre-1976 law were still in place then as of Jan 1, 2012 the following books, movies and music would have entered the public domain (from the Center for the Study of the Public Domain):</p>\n<p>J.R.R. Tolkien\u00e2\u0080\u0099s The Return of the King, the final installment in his Lord of Rings trilogy</p>\n<p>C.S. Lewis\u00e2\u0080\u0099 The Magician\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Nephew, the sixth volume his The Chronicles of Narnia</p>\n<p>Vladimir Nabokov\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Lolita</p>\n<p>Jerome Lawrence &amp; Robert E. Lee\u00e2\u0080\u0099s play about the Scopes \u00e2\u0080\u009cMonkey Trial,\u00e2\u0080\u009d Inherit the Wind</p>\n<p>Isaac Asimov\u00e2\u0080\u0099s The End of Eternity.</p>\n<p>Jack Finney\u00e2\u0080\u0099s The Body Snatchers</p>\n<p>The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder; starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell</p>\n<p>Lady and the Tramp, Walt Disney Productions\u00e2\u0080\u0099 classic animation</p>\n<p>Alfred Hitchcock\u00e2\u0080\u0099s To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly</p>\n<p>Richard III, Laurence Olivier\u00e2\u0080\u0099s film version of the Shakespeare play, co-starring Claire Bloom, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson, and John Gielgud</p>\n<p>Under the old law, the above works could not only have been consumed they could also at low cost and without requiring the express permission of the original copyright holder\u00c2\u00a0have been remixed, reworked and extended in new directions. Under the new regime, innovators will not be able to easily build on these works until 2051 and it could be well into the 22nd century before we get Star Wars prequels worthy of the name.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/01/the-tragedy-of-the-anti-commons.html\">IP Feudalism and the Shrinking of the Public Domain -- Marginal Revolution</a></em>.</p>\n"
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