hey people,
i have just started doing some research into the public domain. Now the public domain is a "place" where all works are free and are not covered by copy write. Now what i have learnt so far is that a lot of works are in the public domain they range from plays to computer software to music basically anything you can think in terms or a kind of work will be in the public domain. Now the way that works can become part of the public domain is the work is either dedicated to the public domain by the creator or the copy write has run out for that work or the work was never entitled to have a copy write in the first place. Now i just have to say that just because a work has a copy write symbol on it doesn't mean that it is actually covered by copy write, and also the other way round. If a copy write symbol is absent from a work doesn't always mean that it is not covered by a copy write there is no law stating that a work that is covered by copy write has to display a copy write symbol.
I have recently got a book called "The Public Domain" that i got from the USA that is a great resource. I will get the Authors name and some other details soon,but it was around $20 to $30 which i thought was pretty good.
Now again especially with the public domain i am going to say DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!!!!! the public domain can get very fuzzy with copy writes so make sure that you look at the copy write laws for your country before you go out and start trying to find public domain works because some works that may be listed as being in the public domain may not be and then you could end up getting sued, which is not so good.
so RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!!
i will get back soon with some more info on this so stay tuned.
thanks for reading
cheers
Schilzy
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