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FREE - Early Cinema and the Theoretical Public Domain

Authors: Op Den Kamp, C.

Publication Date: 28/03/2026

Abstract:

A 1906 streetcar film that survived the destruction of San Francisco is reborn across a century - as avant‑garde art, AI‑revived spectacle, and a symbol of what the public domain could be - showing that culture flourishes only when legally free works are truly accessible and allowed to transform.

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