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public domain
noun
- the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
- land owned by the government.
public domain
noun
- lands owned by a state or by the federal government
- the status of a published work or invention upon which the copyright or patent has expired or which has not been patented or subject to copyright. It may thus be freely used by the public
- in the public domainable to be discussed and examined freely by the general public
Other Words From
- public-do·main adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of public domain1
Example Sentences
It offers users access to books in the public domain, the option to buy additional books, and book recommendations from authors and other experts.
All Indigenous material has been found in the public domain.
These are some of the more famous names that will join the likes of Shakespeare and Beethoven in the public domain.
For example, we could require tech companies to make their patents available in the public domain after a few years, or to share their royalty profits in exchange for access to new markets.
Unlike, say, a road built by a construction company, this digital infrastructure is not necessarily in the public domain.
I can only guess that I would be among those who question its merits once it enters the public domain.
The reason for this was that if it got into the public domain, it would be disastrous.
The email was never intended to be in the public domain, but its contents have leaked and are devastating.
And they know the contents of these rough exchanges will soon spill into the public domain.
By press time, however, these messages had been blocked from the public domain.
How wonderful the development of the Pacific and Rocky Mountain sections of the public domain!
The transcriber created the cover image, and hereby releases it to the public domain.
There are many others who believe in the continued Federal control of the public domain and its resources.
The forage and water resources of the public domain have been subject to similar abuse.
The public domain, encroached upon by usurpations or by the colonies of Sylla, had almost disappeared.
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