Public domain
There are hundreds of movies, cartoons and television shows that have entered into the public domain.
Some of these movies are considered classics, such as The Gold Rush (1925) starring Charlie Chaplin, A Star Is Born (1937), Carnival of Souls (1962) and Night of the Living Dead (1968).
The cartoons feature a majority of the cartoons produced by Paramount's Famous Studios animation company in the 1950s, including a significant number of Popeye cartoons.
Additionally, four shorts from The Three Stooges are in public domain, along with numerous other appearances featuring them (like their appearance on The Ed Wynn Show and a Simoniz commercial).
These works either did not include a proper copyright notice when published, or the copyright was not renewed and therefore the content is now in the public domain.
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See also
- Berne Convention
- Copyfraud
- Copyleft
- Copyright Term Extension Act
- Creative Commons
- Creativity techniques
- Cultural environmentalism
- Eldred v. Ashcroft
- Fair dealing
- Fair use
- Glossary of legal terms in technology
- List of countries' copyright length
- Street Performer Protocol
- The Uneasy Case for Copyright
- Transaction cost
- Kopimi
- The work of the United States Government is in the public domain.
- Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
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Footnotes
- ^ Kevin Kelly. "Scan This Book!". New York Times, 14 May 2006.
- ^ Patentability of Mathematical Algorithms under US Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
- ^ USPTO Notice of Public Hearings and Request for Comments on Patent Protection for Software-Related Inventions 1994
- ^ Copyright Office Basics: Publications Incorporating U.S. Government Works
- ^ Cornell University Copyright Information Center; updated January 1, 2007, accessed January 28, 2007[1]; Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
- ^ Testimony of Dorothy Schrader, general counsel of the U.S. copyright office, hearing for House Resolution 1623, serial 100/50.
- ^ Subject matter and scope of copyright
- ^ Duration of Copyright
- ^ U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 15a, Duration of Copyright: Provisions of the Law Dealing with the Length of Copyright Protection.
- ^ An exception to the 1976 Copyright Act's general abolition of common law copyright.
- ^ Preemption with respect to other laws
- ^ Statement of Professor Peter Jaszi, The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1995: Hearing on S.483 Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 104th Congress
- ^ พระราชบัญญัติลิขสิทธิ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๗. Copyright Act of B.E. 2537 (1994 A.D.), from Wikisource, in Thai. Section 4 governs copyright expiration terms
- ^ พระราชบัญญัติลิขสิทธิ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๗. Copyright Act of B.E. 2537 (1994 A.D.), from Wikisource, in Thai. Section 4, Article 22 states the copyright term for applied art works
- ^ พระราชบัญญัติลิขสิทธิ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๗. Copyright Act of B.E. 2537 (1994 A.D.), from Wikisource, in Thai. Article 7 governs works not copyrightable. The law refers specifically to Thai state rules, regulations, announcements, orders, explanations, and correspondence, and includes the constitution, laws, court decisions, examinations, and reports.
- ^ พระราชบัญญัติลิขสิทธิ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๗. Copyright Act of B.E. 2537 (1994 A.D.), from Wikisource, in Thai. Article 14 states that any government office receives a copyright on creative works produced by it or produced for it under contract, unless other arrangements regarding copyright have been previously agreed to by those involved.
- ^ Paramount - Japanese court rules pre-1953 movies in public domain (2006-12-07). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
- ^ "List of public domain The Lucy Show episodes"
- ^ U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Law: Chapter 2
- ^ World of Molecules / Aspirin.
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References
- Fishman, Stephen, The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More. ISBN 0-87337-433-9
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- David Lange, Recognizing the Public Domain, 44 Law & Contemp Probs 147 (1981)PDF (128 KiB)
- David Lange, Reimagining the Public Domain, 66 Law & Contemp Probs 463 (2003)
- Flowchart to determine Public Domain status of a work in the U.S.
- The mouse that ate the public domain: Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, And Eldred v. Ashcroft by Chris Sprigman
- The Public Domain In Copyright Law by Edward Samuels, published in Journal of the Copyright Society (1993)
- The Public Domain RevisitedPDF (260 KiB) by Edward Samuels, published in the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2002)
- The Mythology of the Public Domain: Exploring the Myths Behind Attacks on the Duration of Copyright ProtectionPDF (410 KiB) by Scott M. Martin, Senior VP for Intellectual Property and Associate General Counsel, Paramount Pictures Corporation, published in the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2002)
- Short list of uncopyrightable things in the U.S.
- Summary list of copyright terms in other countries
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
- Union for the Public Domain
- Public Domain Dedication
- European Union thematic network COMMUNIA for the Public Domain
- Ethical Public Domain
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