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| | Public domain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | However, once it is disclosed to the public, the former secret enters public domain, although the former secret may still be patented in the United States if it is not barred by the public-use bar or on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. 102(b). | | | If an item is not in the public domain, this may be the result of a proprietary interest as represented by a copyright or patent. | | | A work's being in the public domain prevents former copyright holders from asserting related actions under the Lanham Act or state law. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
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| | Reconstructing the Public Domain |
| | When in the late nineteenth century the terms "public property" and "common property" came to be replaced by the phrase "public domain," the door was opened to manipulating the meaning of the distinctions between being copyrightable or not, or between being in copyright or out of it. | | | We are beginning to realize that the public domain must be understood as an entity having both legal warrant to exist and the ability to grant jurisdiction over its contents to some kind of protective trust dedicated to serving and protecting the public good. | | | Both the state of copyright and the state of being in the public domain must be understood as bearing the weight of both balanced and balanceable elements of a rights system that must be recognized as a necessary and mutual dependency – a symbiotic brotherhood, as it were. |
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http://www.studiolo.org/IP/VRA-TM-StLouis-PublicDomain.htm
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| | Categories of Free and Non-Free Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) |
| | Meanwhile, most free software is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted, and the copyright holders have legally given permission for everyone to use it in freedom, using a free software license. | | | Public domain software is software that is not copyrighted. | | | Sometimes people use the term ``public domain'' in a loose fashion to mean ``free'' or ``available gratis.'' However, ``public domain'' is a legal term and means, precisely, ``not copyrighted''. |
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http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html
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| | Wikipedia:Public domain image resources - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | While not technically public domain after 1978 (all stamps before that are in the public domain) the USPS has a liberal licensing policy regarding stamps. | | | The page states they are long out of copyright and that they are believed to be public domain. | | | Images which can be considered Public Domain in the United States |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources
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| | Public Domain |
| | Federal documents and publications are not copyrighted, and therefore are considered to be in the Public Domain. | | | The Public Domain is that repository of all works that for whatever reason are not protected by copyright. | | | Copyrightable works may also enter the public domain if the copyright owner grants the work to the public domain. |
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http://www.benedict.com/info/law/publicDomain/publicDomain.aspx
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| | New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials (What's in the Public Domain: PD and Copyright-Free, Expired ... |
| | In trolling for public domain works, one of your objectives is to determine whether the copyright owner renewed, or forfeited, their copyright. | | | Many foreign works that were previously in the public domain for failure to comply with technical requirements of United States law (including copyright notice and renewal requirements) were restored to copyright in 1996 under the GATT and NAFTA international trade treaties. | | | Subject to certain exceptions, public domain works may be freely copied or used in the creation of derivative works without permission, or authorization, of the former copyright owners. |
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http://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/PublicDomain.html
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| | Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States |
| | The court in Twin Books, however, concluded "publication without a copyright notice in a foreign country did not put the work in the public domain in the United States." According to the court, these foreign publications were in effect "unpublished" in the US, and hence have the same copyright term as unpublished works. | | | "Publication" was not explicitly defined in the Copyright Law before 1976, but the 1909 Act indirectly indicated that publication was when copies of the first authorized edition were placed on sale, sold, or publicly distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority.” | | | Unpublished works when the death date of the author is not known may still be copyrighted, but certification from the Copyright Office that it has no record to indicate whether the person is living or died less than 70 years before is a complete defense to any action for infringement. |
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http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm
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| | Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - The Public Domain |
| | If a book, song, movie or artwork is in the public domain, then it is not protected by intellectual property laws (such as copyright, trademark or patent law) --which means it's free for you to use without permission. | | | Some works are in the public domain because the owner has indicated a desire to give them to the public without copyright protection. | | | Another large block of works are in the public domain because they were published before 1964 and copyright was not renewed. |
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http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter8
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| | The Public Domain Enhancement Act |
| | The public domain will be enriched when works whose copyrights serve no useful function can become available for common creative use. | | | The public domain refers to that creative content which anyone can use without the permission of the content's creator. | | | The Public Domain Enhancement Act will allow you to abandon your copyright to the public domain at fifty years, but more importantly, will also provide for a simple and comprehensive registry that will make it easier for potential users to identify copyright holders. |
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http://eldred.cc/ea_faq.html
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| | Creative Commons Public Domain |
| | Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not shield him from liability if in fact the work certified is not in the public domain. | | | Copyright-Only Dedication (based on United States law) or Public Domain Certification | | | A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright interest he may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is described as a "dedicator" below. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
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| | Reclaim the Public Domain Petition |
| | The Reclaim the Public Domain Petition to Members of the United States Congress was created by and written by Lauren Gelman. | | | We, the undersigned, while believing in the importance of copyright, also believe in the importance of the public domain. | | | See http://eldred.cc This statute would require American copyright owners to pay a very low fee (for example, $1) fifty years after a copyrighted work was published. |
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http://www.petitiononline.com/eldred/petition.html
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| | Public Domain Music |
| | POLICY Most copyrights and patents have a finite term; when this expires, the work or invention is released into public domain. | | | In most of the domain name for sale world, patents expire 20 years after they are filed. | | | decision by public domain music the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals This is a private forum available to Platinum and Exclusive members to discuss anything you wish. |
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http://minarethome.wagoo.com/public-domain-music.html
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| | Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database |
| | Sales of federal lands resulted in land patents being issued at a later date by the U.S. General Land Office; patents for lands donated by the federal government to the state (i.e., school, saline, seminary, canal, and other internal improvement lands) were issued by the state. | | | The exact location of a land purchase may be found on the Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales map by using the legal description given in the database entry. | | | Provide the complete information for the land transaction that is found in the Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales database entry. |
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http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/data_lan.html
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| | Public Domain Music |
| | Music and lyrics written by an American author and published in 1922 or earlier are in the Public Domain in the United States. | | | Even though a public domain version exists, some versions may still be under copyright protection. | | | If you create a new version or derivative of a public domain song, you can copyright your version and no one can use it without your permission. |
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http://www.pdinfo.com
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| | WHEN WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| | Definition: A public domain work is a creative work that is not protected by copyright and | | | Works published without notice between 1-1-78 and 3-1-89, effective date of the Berne Convention Implementation Act, retained copyright only if efforts to correct the accidental omission of notice was made within five years, such as by placing notice on unsold copies. | | | 3 Under the 1909 Act, works published without notice went into the public domain upon publication. |
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http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
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| | Discover public domain music, software, photo's, images to sell for big profits. |
| | But first, if you're not familiar with the term "public domain" allow me to help give you at least a general idea of the legal and business power contained in these two words. | | | The reason is fairly simple: If you find, re-package and sell information that has fallen into the public domain you do not have to pay royalties or copyright fees on that work. | | | There is a vast treasure of information and creative works such as movies, music, books (see our super bonus offer), manuals, photographs, posters, and more that you can access at ZERO cost (NO royalties or copyright payment fees, EVER!) that you can resell for 100% profits... |
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http://www.publicdomainpublisher.com
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| | FAQ: How Can I Tell Whether a Book Can Go Online? |
| | Because both copyright and the public domain serve authors and the public. | | | Anything copyrighted prior to 1923 is in the public domain. | | | But note this possible exception in some western states for some 1909-1922 foreign works that were not published in the US before 1923.) Due to a 20-year copyright extension enacted in the US in 1998, copyrights from 1923 or later that are still in force will stay in effect through 2018 or longer. |
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http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html
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| | BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 35 languages and 50 versions. Frequently Asked Questions: ... |
| | The King James Version is in the public domain in the United States; you may copy and quote from it without restriction. | | | Versions which are in the public domain, such as the King James Version, can be quoted and used without restriction. | | | Most of the other Bibles at the Bible Gateway are copyrighted by their publishers, however; these generally allow for some limited personal use and quotation, but you should check each version's specific copyright information before using them outside the Bible Gateway. |
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http://www.biblegateway.com/help/faq/?id=2
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| | Public Knowledge - Home |
| | Recent Supreme Court and FCC rulings define broadband networks as unregulated “information services,” which means that the operators of broadband networks are no longer under any legal obligation to keep their networks open to all Internet content, services and equipment. | | | Since 2002, Public Knowledge has worked hard to be your voice in policy debates over copyright and technological innovation here in Washington, DC, throughout the country and internationally. | | | The Digital Age Communications Act: Towards a New Market-Oriented Communications Policy in 2006 Thu. |
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http://www.publicknowledge.org
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| | Opposing Copyright Extension, Protecting The Public Domain |
| | Representative Zoe Lofgren has again introduced the Public Domain Enhancement Act, H.R. requiring the payment of $1 fifty years after publication and every ten years thereafter to maintain the copyright until the end of the current (overly long) term. | | | The court distinguished Supreme Court precedent stating, in dictum, that Congress lacks power to remove works from the public domain. | | | Although the effort was ultimately unsuccessful, he succeeded in bringing the issue before the public, which I was wholly unable to do when the bill was being considered by Congress. |
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http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/OpposingCopyrightExtension
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| | Savetz's Unofficial Internet Public Domain Index |
| | The Public Domain Information Project, a non-profit corporation which facilitates the ordinary person's access to the public domain | | | It isn't software distributed under the "GNU Public License," or a copyrighted book that the author has put online. | | | Online Books FAQ, addresses the availability of public domain sources of Etext available on the Internet. |
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| | Conference on the Public Domain: Participants |
| | subject area 3: the architecture of networks: the public domain in bandwidth, software and content | | | In this essay we propose an extended interpretation of copyright's fair use doctrine. | | | Subject Area Study 3: From Anarchist Software to Peer2peer Culture: The Public Domain in Bandwidth, Software and Content |
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http://www.law.duke.edu/pd/papers.html
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| | Save Orphan Works |
| | Please help us "promote the Progress of Science" (and that text is in the public domain), by showing the Copyright Office where unnecessary regulation hampers progress. | | | The Copyright Office requests written comments from all interested parties on whether there are compelling concerns raised by orphan works that merit a legislative, regulatory, or other solution, and if so, what type of solution could effectively address these concerns without conflicting with the legitimate interests of authors and right holders. | | | The Copyright Office seeks to examine the issues raised by "orphan works," that is, copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or even impossible to locate. |
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http://eldred.cc
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| | PD MusicWorks |
| | Public Domain Music Works represents the fruits of tens-of-thousands of hours of research in the US Copyright Office, Library of Congress and a host of other research centers. | | | Presented by the expert Public Domain Report staff headed by copyright and entertainment law attorney E.Scott Johnson; | | | For about the same price as your AOL account, now you can have complete access to the new PD Music Works database. |
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http://www.pubdomain.com
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| | Union for the Public Domain |
| | This website is licensed under a Creative Commons License. | | | Moreover, the U.S. government agencies responsible for WIPO negotiations on the treaty have not yet adequately analyzed even the most basic issues, including, for example, the impact of the treaty on the Internet, or the required changes in U.S. law. | | | Below is the statement Judit Rius Sanjuan presented at the WIPO Provisional Committee on Development Agenda (PCDA) representing Union for Public Domain during the Chilean Proposal discussion. |
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http://www.public-domain.org
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| | Choose a License Creative Commons |
| | Please note that the Public Domain Dedication may not be valid outside of the United States. | | | Creative Commons will use the information to email you and ourselves a public domain receipt for this Dedication. | | | Please fill out the information below to dedicate your work. |
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http://creativecommons.org/license/publicdomain-2?lang=en
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| | Public Domain |
| | Such films are said to be in the public domain because they were never properly copyrighted in the first place or were not renewed as required by law. | | | Please inquire if you have specific interests or want TV Series, specific titles of B-Westerns or public domain cartoons. | | | These films are undisputedly in the public domain in the USA. |
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http://www.fesfilms.com/masters.html
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| | The Definition of *Primarily Public Domain* |
| | public domain, except for any express restrictions included in such Materials. | | | Please join us at our new site and update your links! | | | This site defines a simple license for placing into the public domain as much material as practically possible. |
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http://www.primarilypublicdomain.org
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| | Welcome |
| | All content in this wiki is in the Public Domain except where it notes otherwise. | | | Do you regularly contribute content to the Public Domain? | | | Page last modified on February 01, 2006, at 03:25 AM Support our Ethical Public Domain wiki by purchasing our services. |
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http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org
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| | Public Domain Aeronautical Software (PDAS) |
| | The source code is not copyrighted and may used in whole or in part in any of your aeronautical studies. | | | Public Domain Aeronautical Software was founded to make this treasure house of valuable software available to the aeronautical community at an easily affordable price for use on desktop computers. | | | Background Information on Public Domain Aeronautical Software (Ralph Carmichael) |
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| | Public Domain At LoveAllPeople.org |
| | Public Domain, so you may cut/paste/clip/modify/decompile/republish/use it, any way you want. | | | LoveAllPeople.org maintains hundreds of web pages and files, in the Public Interest, funded by sales commissions paid to us from | | | Also, you may link directly to any file residing on |
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http://patriot.net/users/bmcgin/publicdomain.html
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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com |
| | The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations. |
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| | Public Domain Movies Films Videos Desert Island Films, Largest Source in Broadcast Quality High Definition |
| | Public Domain films, Public Domain movies, and Public Domain videos, all high broadcast quality, are available from Desert Island Films, Inc., the largest and oldest source for public domain films and TV programs in the world. | | | We do NOT sell VHS tapes to the general public. | | | Established in 1989, Desert Island Films, Inc. is the largest and oldest source for public domain films, movies, and TV programming in the world. |
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http://www.desertislandfilms.com
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| | Cruzio Homepage |
| | Cruzio provides DSL and dialup Internet access, domain name services, and ecommerce packages for Santa Cruz area businesses and individuals. |
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http://www.cruzio.com
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| | pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell |
| | pdksh was initially created by Eric Gisin using Charles Forsyth's public domain V7 shell as a base as well as parts of the BRL shell. | | | Since then a number of people have maintained and contributed to it (see CONTRIBUTORS for details); it is currently maintained by Michael Rendell. | | | At the moment, it has most of the ksh88 features, not much of the ksh93 features, and a number of its own features. |
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http://www.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh
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| | Welcome to Public Domain Images - PDimages.com |
| | Public Domain Images finds visuals in Washington, D.C., home of the world's largest public domain collections of: | | | Download Acrobat Books on "How to Use Images Legally" and "How to Find Free Images" | | | You'll get the image content you need, quickly and inexpensively. |
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http://www.pdimages.com
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| | Public Domain Foundation: Music for Social Change |
| | © 2005 Public Domain Foundation • Logo by E. | | | Public Domain Foundation supports musicians and music for social change thru grants, the music to life contest, next generation programs and workshops. | | | Created by the little song that gave back almost $2 million |
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http://www.pdfoundation.org
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| | Public Domain Music Sequenced by Benjamin Robert Tubb |
| | based on original sheet music sources in the public domain | | | Copyrighted MIDI files, and text files of their lyrics, created by Benjamin Robert Tubb | | | Public Domain Music Sequenced by Benjamin Robert Tubb |
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http://www.pdmusic.org
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