Regarding state and local government-created content, here in North Carolina, at least, those materials are public domain as well.
Mark Schoneveld
· 1 month ago
Thanks for these tips - I advocate this all the time to friends. In fact, I made a music video recently entirely of public domain footage: http://www.vimeo.com/1554890
Patpend
· 1 month ago
Only FEDERAL government works are in the public domain. Works created by local and state governments are still protected by copyright. Also, be wary of websites claiming material is in the public domain. It would be very easy for me to open a Flickr account, illegally upload copyrighted material and falsely claim the material was in the public domain.
Josh Catone
· 1 month ago
That's a good point. I just updated the post to make the distinction. Thanks. -- Ed.
Brandon Mendelson
· 1 month ago
Pat, that's a great catch. Thank you.
Jesus Maria Alvarez
· 1 month ago
Thanks, Brandon. Tremendously useful stuff!!!
Brandon Mendelson
· 1 month ago
Thank you very much!
Ian - Marketing Difference
· 1 month ago
Flickr creative commons is one of my favourite sources for images. There always some gems.
Search Engine Optimization
· 1 month ago
lol @ PP&Z! Insane! haha, cant wait for the movie
Denis
· 1 month ago
If anyone wants to see the actual legal definitions of copyrights and "fair use" of copyrighted works see Title 17 Chapter 1 of US Code. Cornell University Law School has everything available here: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode1...
People Search
· 1 month ago
Great post. This is good information for any budding content creator or publisher, who would like to get involved using and reusing public domain content.
Brad F.
· 1 month ago
I saw Pride and Prejudice and Zombies on the shelf at a bookstore here in Singapore on Saturday. I did a double take when I saw the cover. It was sitting next to another classic book that was similarly done but I don't recall the title. It looks like a good idea and I considered buying it, but Pride and Prejudice was hard to read the first time around ...
Brandon Mendelson
· 1 month ago
@Brad, was the other book Sense And Sensibility And Seamonsters? It just came out by the same publisher who put out PP & Z. PP & Z is definitely worth reading though. I'm not a Jane Austen fan but the little tweaks they made are hilarious.
Brad F.
· 1 month ago
Ya. That was the one! I might check it out eventually, but books are highly priced here due to differences in currency and shipping I guess. I intend to go back to increasing my book collection when I return to the US. ^_^
Henry
· 1 month ago
wow great article thanks for the sharing really useful information i will try it~
Kiwafruit
· 1 month ago
If you're interested in using audio, www.librivox.org has recordings of books/poems/plays in the public domain (in a variety of languages) and all the recordings are in the public domain as well.
Bing Winters
· 1 month ago
One thing to be careful about is using things claimed to be "public domain" on archive.org.
While a movie may have an expired copyright, that does not necessarily mean that the music within the movie is in public domain. Archive.org is perhaps distributing copyrighted material, while misleading the user.
Just be careful, when you use things that are claimed to be "in the public domain."
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great article
thanks for the sharing
really useful information
i will try it~
While a movie may have an expired copyright, that does not necessarily mean that the music within the movie is in public domain. Archive.org is perhaps distributing copyrighted material, while misleading the user.
Just be careful, when you use things that are claimed to be "in the public domain."