> ... if only there was a big database of copyrighted works. Essentially all works are copyrighted under U.S. law, except those made by the U.S. Government, th

> ... if only there was a big database of copyrighted works. Essentially all works are copyrighted under U.S. law, except those made by the U.S. Government, those whose copyright has expired (OLD stuff), other-media representations of a public domain work (e.g., a photograph of the Mona Lisa), and those explicitly placed into the public domain by the author.