Article: Copyright and the Public Domain Report Brings much Needed Clarity to the Question of what is Protected by Copyright and what is not.

Article: Designing the public domain.
Harvard Law Review;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Over the years, copyright and patent scholars ... affair with the public domain, (1) and for ... incentives in the public domain, and organizes ... and the other copyright's fair use ... most efficient public domain is in many respects ...

Mapping the digital public domain: threats and ...
Law and Contemporary Problems;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... recognized, the public domain consists, in fact ... contents. (7) The public domain is, moreover ... Sometimes the public domain grows, as when patents or copyrights expire, or as ... protected by U.S. copyright law. (9) Sometimes ...

Article: 'Copyfraud' and public domain works.(THE SIDEBAR)
Searcher;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... points out, "Copyright law suffers ... protections for copyrights are not balanced ... protections for the public domain. Accordingly, copyright law itself ... Moreover, the Copyright Act provides ... for claiming copyrights in public domain materials ...

Article: Importance of the Public Domain.
Information Outlook;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...What is the public domain and why is it important in copyright law? Nearly everyone ... not protected by copyright is necessarily a public domain work. One of the ... publications are public domain. Because the Copyright Act is a federal ...

Article: Public but Private: Copyright's New Unpublished ...
Texas Law Review;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... good month for the public domain. By upholding ... the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension ... regulation of the public domain. One possible ... grant a limited copyright-like right to ... virtually no other copyright is expiring. More ... the nature of the public domain ...

Article: Preserving the public domain.(copyright ...
Information Outlook;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... to revoke copyright. The Creative ... works to the public domain. It has also ... publications to the public domain through the ... works in the public domain are not claimed ... onto their copyrights but to publicize ... permit the copyright holder to ...

Article: Copyright term and the public domain in the ...
Information Outlook;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... republication with a copyright notice the public domain in its home country ... republication with a copyright notice, and not in the public domain its home country ... republication with a copyright notice, and not the public domain in its home country ...