The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-free Writings, Music, Art & More

Stephen Fishman

NOLO Press, 2008 - Law - 446 pages

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 copyrightA -- 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.

What people are saying

Review: The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More

User Review  - Bojan Tunguz - Goodreads

If you are a creative artist who would like to make use of others' prior works, or if you are looking to add content to your website, or throw a big public event, this is a book for you. Especially if ...

Review: The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More

User Review  - Ariadna73 - Goodreads

The Public Domain is a thorough list of good advice in case you want to incorporate that kind of content in your profitable business.

About the author

Stephen Fishman is the author of many Nolo books, most recently Tax Deductions for Professionals. Other titles include Deduct It!, Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide and Home Business Tax Deductions plus many other legal and business books. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1979. After time in government and private practice, he became a full-time legal writer in 1983

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-free Writings, Music, Art & More; PUBLIC DOMAIN; Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art& More
• Author: Stephen Fishman
• Edition: 4, illustrated, revised
• Publisher: NOLO Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1413308589, 9781413308587
• Length: 446 pages
• Subjects: Law / Intellectual Property / Copyright; Law / Intellectual Property / General; Reference / Consumer Guides; Reference / Research