I guess I'm going to go a little bit activist here, but this story makes me think that strategically, now is a good time for people who believe more things should be in the public domain. As media companies and publishers do what they can to hang on to the last grasps of industries which are passing them by, they may start to do things which seem pretty ridiculous, as is seen here. Out of this ridculousness may come a little bit more open-mindedness on the part of the general public toward content belonging in the public domain.