Summary
Need content? It’s free for the taking!
Even though you've always been told otherwise, writers and artists can copy other people’s work and get away with it. How? By dipping into the public domain, where everything is free for the taking.
The Public Domain is the only book that helps you find and identify what creative works are protected by copyright -- and what's not. The book provides specific information about:
- writings
- music
- art
- photography
- architecture
- maps
- choreography
- movies and video
- software
- databases
- collections
The 4th edition is crisper, fresher and completely updated with new case law, and includes information on the emergence of the "copyright commons." The book also provides hundreds of resources to help you find public-domain works.
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Press Reviews
"The constitutional guarantee of a public domain was one of the Framers' most important gifts to our cultural tradition. This extraordinary book makes real the value of that gift in the 21st Century."
Laurence Lessig, author,
Code & Other Laws of Cyberspace
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"A superb offering showing how to avoid lawsuits by getting one's hands on thousands of public domain songs, movies and manuscripts that can be used on websites or anywhere else free of charge."
James Coates,
Chicago Tribune
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"How do you tell the difference between what's copyrighted and what isn't? A good starting point is Stephen Fishman's The Public Domain."
Associated Press
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"Nolo again delivers another solid winner.... The Public Domain provides broad topical coverage, which includes music, art, photography, movies and television. ...a must for your copyright library."
John B. McHugh,
The McHugh Memo
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"A unique guide to finding and using copyright-free material with no permission or fees necessary."
Choice
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"Whether you're looking for one piece of art or building a business around public domain material, The Public Domain is an invaluable resource."
Creativepro.com
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"An indispensable resource for writers, scholars, creative artists, editors, publishers and librarians. Lucidly written and amply illustrated, this book will become a landmark legal guide for the layperson."
Prof. Emmy E. Werner,
UC Davis
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"Outstanding and useful information about copyright, public-domain material, fair use, and how to navigate this sometimes daunting field. The text is clear, concise, often snappy and engaging , well-indexed, and thoughtfully laid out..."
Peter E. Hanff, Deputy Director,
The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley
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"A comprehensive and accessible key to a vast storehouse of knowledge and information."
Peter Beren, co-author,
The Writer's Legal Companion
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"This book, the first of its kind, is the definitive guide to creative works that are not protected by copyrights. It explains how to determine whether a work is in the public domain and provides tips on how to find public domain works, including listings of hundreds of resources."
Poptronics
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"Explains how to find creative works that are not protected by copyright and that can be copied and used without permission or fees."
Reference & Research Book News
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