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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

if the rights holder has been defunct for over a decade, then 50 percent of the rights go back to the original creator and 50 percent to the Crown. 

What. The. Fuck?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I'm assuming this is some historical thing from when Britain was an absolute monarchy, and just hasn't ever been changed.