Eli5 if the nosferatu movie is now public domain why does it need to be rented to be seen are you still able to make money off things after they are public domain?

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Eli5 if the nosferatu movie is now public domain why does it need to be rented to be seen are you still able to make money off things after they are public domain?

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The word “cheese” isn’t protected by any intellectual property laws, but there’s no law against selling a slip of paper on it with the word “cheese” on it, as long as someone’s willing to buy. Same deal. Anyone is allowed to make copies of it, and anybody can do what they want with those copies, including selling them.