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>To put something in the "public domain", you need to make a statement of such. In other words, a licence. You could just say "I put this in the public domain"
by M2Ys4U 7y ago
>To put something in the "public domain", you need to make a statement of such. In other words, a licence. You could just say "I put this in the public domain" but it may not provide the certainty that bigcorps like. CC0 is a way of saying this in bigcorp-friendly language.
It's more than that - it's impossible to place things in to the public domain in many juristictions - like the UK.
(This is because copyright is property, and property must have an owner under the law of England and Wales [also Scots law I think, but I don't know]. Thus, a declaration that something is in the PD is of no effect.)
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoYou can abandon property to public ownership (land, cars, anything you leave in the street in England & Wales: it gets sold and proceeds go to the Exchequer or Police) so your justification at the end doesn't sway me. Moreover, Google have been allowed to assume ownership of intellectual property (content of books). The moral rights on those properties have been effectively cancelled.
- M2Ys4U 7y ago>You can abandon property to public ownership (land, cars, anything you leave in the street in England & Wales: it gets sold and proceeds go to the Exchequer or Police) so your justification at the end doesn't sway me. Sure, bona vacantia is A Thing - but your comment spells it out. The copyright gets _sold_ by the state to whoever wants to buy it. That is not the same thing as public domain - the new owner can enforce their monopoly rights over the works which can screw over anybody depending on the work being "in the public domain".