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Yes. But they are black-and-white and silent, which severely limits the audience these days.

Some of these movies have circulated with more recent soundtracks, and those are off limits. In particular there’s a somewhat infamous 1984 version of “Metropolis” with music produced by Giorgio Moroder and Freddie Mercury. That won’t be in the public domain until 2079…



A streaming service could hire musicians to do a new score for public domain silent movies, they would then have the exclusive right to distribute the combined work.




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