It is a big thing if you step back and think what should have become Public Domain this year. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.law.duke.edu&#x2F;cspd&#x2F;publicdomainday&#x2F;2016&#x2F;pre-1976" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.law.duke.edu&#x2F;cspd&#x2F;publicdomainday&#x2F;2016&#x2F;pre-1976</a><p>Nothing has entered Public Domain until 2019 IF it isn&#x27;t extended.<p>Good case of how it sucks: Sherlock Holmes. Half the stuff is copyrighted and the earlier stuff is Public Domain. So we only get half the stories and nothing about an older Sherlock.