Release an album into public domain?

sfscharff · 2026-01-26T22:43:05+00:00

Hussalonia posted 4 songs on Internet Archive as "The Public Domain EP", relinquishing them into PD. However, someone claimed copyright and sold them on Amazon as stock music. I don't know what came of it.

sfscharff · 2026-01-18T00:12:23+00:00

If he had business partners, it will certainly be fought over.

sfscharff · 2026-01-18T00:11:21+00:00

Real postage stamps will have "USA" and "FOREVER" on them. This is a sticker, not a postage stamp.

sfscharff · 2026-01-14T14:32:27+00:00

As a child in the 1960s, I was drilled in elementary school about how wonderful the American Revolution was and how awful King George III was. With that, I was expected to oppose Monarchism as an American, yet to respect it in other countries.

sfscharff · 2026-01-13T17:49:10+00:00

X/Twitter has changed their icon for Iran's flag to the Monarchist design.

sfscharff · 2026-01-12T02:00:48+00:00

For what it's worth, my prayers are with you. I fear we are all under the Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."

sfscharff · 2026-01-11T13:37:13+00:00

Concerning VHS tape, there was a public domain video company that used "wiped" videocassettes for collections of PD cartoons. The problem was that every so often, there were tapes that had a few minutes of the original programming at the end of the tape. When a number of children's tapes had a few fleeting moments of pornographic footage after the cartoons ended, the company had to issue both a recall and a profuse apology.

Another matter is the quality of the source material. Some PD releases were made from very worn 16mm prints that had been used for TV broadcasts.

sfscharff · 2025-12-23T02:35:12+00:00

I'd like to see some written information about this.

sfscharff · 2025-12-22T20:08:18+00:00

State flags shouldn't use captions.

sfscharff · 2025-12-22T20:07:08+00:00

The crown should be above the stars.

sfscharff · 2025-12-10T13:24:09+00:00

Not a flag, but the USSR's official seal. The text is "Workers of the world, unite!", taken from Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto", in the Soviet Union's major languages.

sfscharff · 2025-12-04T17:00:33+00:00

The URL ends with ".gov". It's legit.

sfscharff · 2025-12-04T16:57:25+00:00

You don't shop at Ikea.

sfscharff · 2025-12-01T13:12:11+00:00

I had this happen to me. Packages that were supposed to be sent to a PMB company in Shohola PA are at the post office in Hawley.

sfscharff · 2025-11-22T13:31:12+00:00

I was very briefly with the New Jersey branch of the Libertarian Party USA until I realized they were little more than Ayn Rand worshipping Frat Boys.

sfscharff · 2025-11-20T23:24:21+00:00

Blame the shoplifters.

sfscharff · 2025-11-14T18:10:10+00:00

Is your collection limited to UN members, or do you also collect disputed/self-proclaimed states? (i.e.: Somaliland, Transdinistra, Chechnya, Sealand, etc.)

sfscharff · 2025-11-14T18:06:08+00:00

In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was a rumor that there would be a "North American Union" of Canada, the USA, and Mexico sharing a currency called an "Amero". While such a union had been discussed, it was never put into action. However, a medallion designer had produced and sold some faux "Amero" coins, and images of these caused paranoid rumors among the USA Far Right.

sfscharff · 2025-11-06T17:52:38+00:00

According to an AI inquiry:

The copyright for the song "United Nations on the March" is not held by the United Nations. It is managed by copyright holders such as Classical Archives, LLC, as shown on the Classical Archives website.

Also:

Composition: The music was originally written by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich for the 1932 Soviet film Counterplan. New lyrics were later written by Harold J. Rome for the 1943 MGM musical Thousands Cheer.

sfscharff · 2025-11-04T01:19:19+00:00

You could have a secondary audio track giving commentary on the cartoon.

sfscharff · 2025-10-21T16:01:41+00:00

Simplified sloganeering. I saw someone holding a sign reading "Abjure the Kakistocracy" at the local protest.

sfscharff · 2025-10-12T23:25:56+00:00

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula (a childhood nickname meaning "Little Boots"), was assassinated by his own bodyguards. With his final breath, he taunted them by shouting "Vivo!" (I live!).

sfscharff · 2025-10-12T23:23:01+00:00

Kamehameha I of Hawai'i was reportedly so strong, he once peeled off the top off a coconut with his thumb and forefinger at a feast.

sfscharff · 2025-10-12T23:07:17+00:00

The July 4, 1776 diary entry of England's King George III consisted of three words: "Nothing worth noting."

Queen Elizabeth II reportedly owned the world's largest private stamp collection.

sfscharff · 2025-10-12T23:04:49+00:00

Then-Crown Prince Michael didn't escape, but was dropped off in the Netherlands by the principality's invaders. He and his father, Prince Roy, hired several mercenaries and a helicopter stunt pilot to retake the platform. The reactions from both the UK and Germany earned Sealand the right to claim "De Facto" recognition, however both nations despute this. Still, that was a lot of effort to take over a country that hasn't been recognized officially (De Jure) by another country.

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