Information & Resources on Public Domain
Introduction to Public Domain through YouTube!
Here you will find a YouTube user and playlists devoted solely to public domain. There are several different videos with information and tutorials to make understanding, finding, and using public domain a bit easier. Get started with the video above!
Project Gutenberg
From Project Gutenberg’s website: “Why are these books free? Copyright for most of these books has expired in the United States. (They may still be copyrighted in other countries). So anybody may make verbatim or non-verbatim copies of those works.”
Project Gutenberg contains 36,000 free electronic books, or eBooks, which are available for download on a computer, tablet, smartphone, eReader, or any other compatible device; they are also available to be viewed straight in HTML format, straight through a browser.
The Public Domain from Stanford University
Stanford University’s library has a section of its website devoted to Copyright and Fair Use, with a comprehensive, constructive, and informative chapter devoted to public domain (Chapter 8). This chapter includes not only highly detailed information on public domain, but also legal and government information that will help in understanding the trickier aspects of public domain.
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Cornell University’s table for public domain is an excellent resource and reference sheet. Its format allows for a simpler but still well-informed understanding of public domain, and provides readers with proper dates for several different public domain works, including print books, sound recordings, architectural works, and other special cases. The website also includes a PDF version of the table for download.
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/
From the Creative Commons website: “Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.”
You might often see the Creative Commons logo (the abbreviation CC in bold, black letters, encased by a black circle) on photo sharing websites like Flickr (http://flickr.com) . Essentially, Creative Commons allows you to create licenses for your own works, but also work to ensure that your own copyright is protected. Creative Commons also works to help promote the Public Domain Mark, or PDM, making it easier for internet users to know which works are available for free and may be used without permission. Find more information on the PDM here: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/PDM_FAQ
Here you will find a YouTube user and playlists devoted solely to public domain. There are several different videos with information and tutorials to make understanding, finding, and using public domain a bit easier. Get started with the video above!
Project Gutenberg
From Project Gutenberg’s website: “Why are these books free? Copyright for most of these books has expired in the United States. (They may still be copyrighted in other countries). So anybody may make verbatim or non-verbatim copies of those works.”
Project Gutenberg contains 36,000 free electronic books, or eBooks, which are available for download on a computer, tablet, smartphone, eReader, or any other compatible device; they are also available to be viewed straight in HTML format, straight through a browser.
The Public Domain from Stanford University
Stanford University’s library has a section of its website devoted to Copyright and Fair Use, with a comprehensive, constructive, and informative chapter devoted to public domain (Chapter 8). This chapter includes not only highly detailed information on public domain, but also legal and government information that will help in understanding the trickier aspects of public domain.
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Cornell University’s table for public domain is an excellent resource and reference sheet. Its format allows for a simpler but still well-informed understanding of public domain, and provides readers with proper dates for several different public domain works, including print books, sound recordings, architectural works, and other special cases. The website also includes a PDF version of the table for download.
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/
From the Creative Commons website: “Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.”
You might often see the Creative Commons logo (the abbreviation CC in bold, black letters, encased by a black circle) on photo sharing websites like Flickr (http://flickr.com) . Essentially, Creative Commons allows you to create licenses for your own works, but also work to ensure that your own copyright is protected. Creative Commons also works to help promote the Public Domain Mark, or PDM, making it easier for internet users to know which works are available for free and may be used without permission. Find more information on the PDM here: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/PDM_FAQ