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A work is in the '''public domain''' if nobody holds any property rights on it. Works that are in the public domain can be freely copied.

A work is in the '''public domain''' if nobody holds any [[property]] [[rights]] on it. Works that are in the public domain can be freely copied.

Two examples of material in the public domain are [[United States]] [[government]] works and writings for which their [[copyright]] has expired.  Generally anything published before 1923 cannot have copyright protection and is in the public domain (''in the United States'').

Two examples of material in the public domain are [[United States]] [[government]] works and writings for which their copyright has expired.  Generally anything published before 1923 cannot have copyright protection and is in the public domain (''in the United States'').

<ref>[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Public Domain]</ref>

<ref>[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Public Domain]</ref>