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		philistine on Sept 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Willingham sends Fables into the public domain That’s the thing with the public domain; it’s irrevocable. He’s already done it. What he has done cannot be undone. Unless a court decides that because he have an exclusive license to DC he cannot release his rights to the public domain, the worst that can happen is that the copyright is in the public domain and he has broken his contract with DC and thus is liable.

mjh2539 on Sept 15, 2023 [–]

A judge could take it out of the public domain.

philistine on Sept 17, 2023 | | [–]

A judge could not take it out of the public domain. A judge could decide it was never in the public domain to begin with.

justinclift on Sept 17, 2023 | | [–]

... in their jurisdiction.

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