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[edit] Definitions of Public domain on the Web:
- The status of publications, products, and processes that are not protected under patent or copyright.
www.academicresourcecenter.net/curriculum/glossary.aspx
- Information that has been made available to the general public and is distributed and redistributed without copyright or patent.
atlas.library.arizona.edu/glossaryk_p.htm
- information (which may qualify for an exemption) that is published and generally accessible or available to the public through a variety of mechanisms, including:
www.wvu.edu/~osp/exportcontrolglossary.htm
- Material that anyone can use without the need to give credit.
www.publicspeakingcourse.com/glossaryp-t.htm
- A work is said to be in the public domain if it is not protected by copyright, or if the copyright for it has expired.
www.usd.edu/library/instruction/glossary.shtml
- Any work that is not covered by copyright registration is considered to be in the public domain. This includes works created before 1922, created for public use, or those works that have over the years fallen into public domain because the copyright expired. ...
www.washburn.edu/copyright/glossary/
- Software, clipart, photographs, music and other intellectual property that is available for use by the general public for free. Public domain items may be un-copyrighted or intellectual property where the copyright has run out and now available for anyone to use.
www.scotsmist.co.uk/glossary_p.html
- Work that has never been copyrighted (or work that has had its copyright expire).
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3605.asp
- Not bearing copyright; any product in public domain can be freely exchanged and copied.
www.sd58.bc.ca/Scope%20&%20Sequence%20webpages/glossary.htm
- Works which are no longer owned by anyone because the creator has been dead a certain amount of time and, therefore, the work is no longer ...
www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.html
- Public Domain refers to the knowledge that is freely available, commonly shared throughout the world without any access restrictions. In the context of Intellectual Property this term refers to knowledge that is beyond the realm of protection of IP rights.
www.traditionalknowledge.info/glossary.php
- Of all the kinds of software or information you can download, public domain has the fewest strings attached. ...
www.bbn.com/utility/glossary/p
- Products of the human mind – such as books, inventions, computer programs, songs, movies, and other works – are often owned by the creator as "intellectual property," meaning that the creator may have control over uses of the work such as reproduction. ...
- Works that are freely available for commercial or public use without restriction - not protected by copyright restrictions.
www.uspto.gov/go/kids/kidantipiracy02.htm
- Public domain means different things to different people and should be used with caution. If copyright in an item has expired, it is considered to be in the public domain and can be freely used without needing permission from the copyright owner. ...
www.une.edu.au/copyright/glossary.php
- Non-copyrighted material which may be used without violating copyright restrictions.
extension.missouri.edu/hes/graphics/graphicterms.htm
- Primarily, works for which copyright protection has expired. The US copyright statute is based on the assumption that creative people will be encouraged to be creative if they are given exclusive control for a period of time over the use of their works. ...
www.uni.edu/osp/ip/copyright/vocabulary.htm
- The public domain includes works that are not copyrighted, meaning that individuals can use information from these works as long they give proper credit (“Plagiarism and How to Avoid It”).
www.uah.edu/library/turnitin/studentterm.htm
- “Public domain” is not a place, but rather a concept where a work of authorship is no longer under copyright protection or the author “releases” the work to the general public to use without compensation.
www.libraries.wright.edu/services/copyright/basics/glossary.html
- The absence of copyright protection (ie, most materials published by the US government).
phbusiness.prenhall.com/authorguide/glossary.html
- property rights that are held by the public at large
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
- The public domain is a range of abstract materials - commonly referred to as intellectual property - which are not owned or controlled by anyone. The term indicates that these materials are therefore "public property", and available for anyone to use for any purpose. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public domain
- Public domain is a term used to describe lands that were not under private or state ownership during the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States, as the country was expanding. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public domain (land)
- The feature of intellectual property being not protected under patent or copyright, i.e. no person or other legal entity can establish proprietary interests; Not subject to any copyright or patent restrictions
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/public domain
