Comment by ianstormtaylor

Does anyone have a link to (or can write) a good explanation of the benefits of things entering the public domain? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it. I think lobbying to extend copyright terms is disingenuous. But I don't have a great argument for why we should want things to enter the public domain other than "your local theater can show it for free" , which the article noted. People seem to already be sharing things easily enough.