Public Domain makes for a cheap movie night

Why bother risking life and limb on file sharing networks? Archive.org has a great selection of public domain movies ready to download and watch on your computer and burn to a DVD, completely free of charge.
Its real simple. Some of these movies or programs are released to the net with only a Creative Commons protection, and thus are free to distribute or manipulate at your will.
Others are films so old, they’ve entered into the public domain and the copyright holders let their ownership slip.
Night of the Living Dead is the most popular by far. This is the George Romero zombie classic that spawned Dawn Of The Dead and countless imitations.
Granted, this is mostly black & white stuff here, but without protections, anyone can use or remake the footage without a fee. Don’t think I haven’t thought of it….