Public Domain

What is Public Domain?

• Info, ideas, photos for public use
• Available and accessible to the public
• Public owns works

Public Domain works are not Copyrighted

Public Domain & Copyright

• Not protected by copyright
• Works published before 1923 are in Domain
• Copyright lasts for life + 70 years
• Then goes into Public Domain

Public Domain Examples:

• Mary Had A Little Lamb, freely used

Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare died + 70 years)

Beethoven's & Mozart's Compositions

Overview

• PB: Works available for use
• Can use 70 years after creators death
• Can use works before 1923
• Copyright has expired

Works Cited

• Bartolomeo Melett. "- Public Domain." Copyright User. Under Creative Commons, 2015. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.
• Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. University. "Welcome to the Public Domain." Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center Welcome to the Public Domain Comments. Creative Commons, 03 Apr. 2013. Web. 30 Apr. 2015

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• "22 CFR 120.11 - Public Domain." 22 CFR 120.11. Cornell University Law School, 2014. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.
• Corp., Lovetoknow. "Public Domain Dictionary Definition." Public Domain Dictionary Definition | Public Domain Defined. N.p., 2015. Web. 30 Apr. 2015

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• Inc, Haven Sound. "Copyright and the Public Domain." Copyright and Public Domain. N.p., 2015. Web. 30 Apr. 2015
• "Let's Start at the Beginning, with a Definition of Public Domain." A Working Definition of Public Domain. Creative Commons, 2015. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.

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• Lloyd J. Jassin. "New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials (What's in the Public Domain: PD and Copyright-Free, Expired Copyrights, Copyright Protection)." New Rules for Using Public Domain. N.p., 2014. Web. 30
• "Using Works in the Public Domain: No Need to Get Permission | Nolo.com." Nolo.com. Nolo, 2015. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.