Introduction And Scope Of Public Domain Content
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Public Domain consists of all inspired work and other information (Music, invention, artwork, writing, technology, etc.,) on which no one i.e. Person or Organization claims an ownership.Such information is considered to be part of Public’s inheritance and anyone can exploit them for their needs without any restriction.
Public Domain can be General information which includes facts, ideas, templates, etc. which could be used by anybody for their needs. Public domain may also be works that may be donated for Pubic Domain. Some of the works by Government also falls under Public Domain.
Copyright was designed to get a financial spur to the owner while works in public domain are present for the public to use them without any financial constraint. Copyrighted works fall under public domain once their copyright period is expired.
Not all the information available on the internet fall under Public domain contents. But all works published in US before 1923 are in the Public Domain.
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