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Sorry for the naive question, can anyone explain what it means for something to enter the public domain? What is the public domain anyway? Is there a database s
by crescentfresh 8y ago
Sorry for the naive question, can anyone explain what it means for something to enter the public domain? What is the public domain anyway? Is there a database somewhere of all the public things?
Does it mean anyone can put batman on a t-shirt, sell that t-shirt and keep all the profit? Does it mean batman movies can be pirated without repercussion?
- kuzimoto 8y agoI'm not an expert by any means, but yes you could put Batman on a shirt and sell it. I'm not sure how it works for movies, but with audio the actual recordings are still copyrighted for some time after the music itself is in public domain. It would be my guess that any works created after the first one still have copyright on the content itself. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- clarkmoody 8y agoThere is the Public Domain Review[1] "dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas" that have fallen into the public domain. Think about Shakespeare's works for a good example of something in the public domain. Anyone can use Romeo & Juliet's characters any way they like. Similarly, there is a huge amount of derivative work of Price and Prejudice[2] [1] https://publicdomainreview.org/ https://publicdomainreview.org/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_adaptations_of_Pride_and_Prejudice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_adaptations_o...