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20 Movies You Can’t Find in 2024 (and How to Maybe Watch Them Anyway) (lifehacker.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think when IP becomes abandoned like this it should enter the public domain in some way. I could even see there being a streaming service specifically for this type of IP..

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I run a plant nursery and in my field it does work this way. When plants varieties are bred they can be protected like other IP, lasting 20 years to give the breeder a chance to realise the benefits of their work. This is conditional though, the protection is only valid as long as growers/the public have reasonable access to the variety. If this is not met the protection can be revoked and it becomes public domain again, so anybody can commercially propagate the variety. Glossing over a few details, but this is true here in Australia at least.