PUBLICDOMAIN

Public domain

Works in the public domain are those whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable. Examples include the works of Shakespeare and Beethoven, The King James Bible, most of the early silent films, the formulae of Newtonian physics, and the patents on powered flight. The term is not normally applied to situations where the creator of a work retains residual rights, in which case use of the work is referred to as "under license" or "with permission".

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public domain

Noun

  1. The realm of intellectual property which is not protected by patents or copyright, i.e. over which no person or other legal entity can establish a proprietary interest.
    This book is in the public domain.
    There is very little information about the treaty which is in the public domain.
  2. Open land such as unowned prairie in the western and southwestern United States; space not subject to a land patent.


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