[cornell532]

Why? The Beatles really wrote and performed Strawberry Fields.

Why are you entitled to it for gratis? It’s a taking for public benefit.

Ancient writings like Plato or Marcus Aurelius somehow feel different. But high-fidelity live recording feels like it shouldn’t go into the public domain. It’s someone’s commercial work product

[tekne]

Would they ever have done so without a lifetime of listening to the music and culture of others?

[goalieca]

Who owns the right for it now? I recall Sony bought it from Michael Jackson.