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[[Image:Tulips White House.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A public domain [[image]] of the [[White House]] ]]A work is in the '''public domain''' if nobody holds any [[intellectual property]] [[rights]] on it. Works that are in the public domain can be freely copied. | [[Image:Tulips White House.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A public domain [[image]] of the [[White House]] ]]A work is in the '''public domain''' if nobody holds any [[intellectual property]] [[rights]] on it. Works that are in the public domain can be freely copied. | ||
| − | Under longstanding precedent in the [[United States]], once a work is in the public domain, it may be taken out of the public domain.<ref>''See'' ''[[Golan v. Gonzales]]'', 501 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir. 2007).</ref> | + | Under longstanding precedent in the [[United States]], once a work is in the public domain, it may not be taken out of the public domain.<ref>''See'' ''[[Golan v. Gonzales]]'', 501 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir. 2007).</ref> |
Two examples of material in the public domain are [[United States]] [[government]] works (technically the copyright is held collectively by the American public), and writings for which their copyright has expired. In the United States, anything published before 1923 no longer has copyright protection and is in the public domain.<ref>[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Public Domain]</ref> Laws vary by country, but in most of the world, works whose authors died at least 50, 70, or 100 years ago are in the public domain. | Two examples of material in the public domain are [[United States]] [[government]] works (technically the copyright is held collectively by the American public), and writings for which their copyright has expired. In the United States, anything published before 1923 no longer has copyright protection and is in the public domain.<ref>[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Public Domain]</ref> Laws vary by country, but in most of the world, works whose authors died at least 50, 70, or 100 years ago are in the public domain. | ||
Revision as of 02:40, September 16, 2009
Under longstanding precedent in the United States, once a work is in the public domain, it may not be taken out of the public domain.[1]
Two examples of material in the public domain are United States government works (technically the copyright is held collectively by the American public), and writings for which their copyright has expired. In the United States, anything published before 1923 no longer has copyright protection and is in the public domain.[2] Laws vary by country, but in most of the world, works whose authors died at least 50, 70, or 100 years ago are in the public domain.
See also
External links
- How Can I Tell Whether a Book Can Go Online? Guidance from the University of Pennsylvania Online Books project.
- FAIR USE - PUBLIC DOMAIN
- Summary of public domain
References
- ↑ See Golan v. Gonzales, 501 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir. 2007).
- ↑ Public Domain
