Public Domain Definition

noun
Public lands.
Webster's New World
The condition of being free from copyright or patent and, hence, open to use by anyone.
Webster's New World
Government-owned land; all publications, processes, and inventions that are not protected by patent or copyright.
Webster's New World Law

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.
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Public Domain Sentence Examples

  • At all events the corner between the Rio Grande and the Arkansas was Spanish from 1819 to 1845, when it became American territory as a part of the state of Texas; and in 1850, by a boundary arrangement between that state and the federal government, was incorporated in the public domain.

  • On expiration, the invention then enters the public domain and is available for others to exploit commercially.

  • Many public domain films stream directly from Google Video.

  • I collect facts that are out there in the public domain.

  • The 1911 Britannica is in public domain now.

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