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Public Domain, The: How to Find and Use Copyright Free Writings, Music, Art & More
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.730482
EAN: 9781413308587
Edition: 4
ISBN: 1413308589
Label: NOLO
Manufacturer: NOLO
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 446
Publication Date: June 10, 2008
Publisher: NOLO
Studio: NOLO
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Editorial Review:
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 copyright- 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.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - You can find great wealth in the public domain
What a great book! Fishman's book gives a comprehensive overview of a subject only one in a thousand knows anything about. The Public Domain.
The public domain consists of art, music, literature, software, etc. that belongs to no one and can be repurposed by anyone for other use.
If you and your community group wanted to stage a musical version of Tom Sawyer set in the year 2502, you can do this very easily as Tom Sawyer (and all of Mark Twain's works) are in the public ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent explanation of copyright
Copyright law is complex, sometimes counter-intuitive, and the rules change for each media type. This excellent book not only gives you the basics of copyright law, it expands on the specifics of the law for various media types. The best part of this book, the most brilliant part in my opinion, is the addition of a checklist for each media type. With this checklist, you can verify that your item is in the public domain or if it requires copyright permission. The checklist replaces an expensive copyright ... Read More
Rating:  - Good Basic Info But Non-Specific
I probably had the wrong expectations for this book but I was hoping it would (quickly) help me validate whether info I've used required permission. I suppose it did this in an indirect way, however, the free use stuff included old songs etc. that were not appropriate for my topic.
Book is well written so long as it fits with what you need to validate.
Rating: - Excellent, practical advice
I made the mistake of buying the first edition of this book (published in 2001), but found it to be an excellent guide to the legal issues involved with public domain textual material. I have already published one book which relied heavily on public domain materials, and am working on a second, and when I bought this book I had several specific questions that I was trying to answer. This book answered all of them, as well as some that I hadn't thought of! I'll probably end up buying the second edition, ... Read More
Rating: - One of the most useful books I have ever encountered
This fat and informative book is a goldmine for anyone interested in public domain works, whether writings, music, art, films or just about anything else. The author, Attorney Stephen Fishman, begins with an examination of copyright laws and the public domain. After that, the book begins each of the chapters on copyrightable materials with a handy checklist for use in determining public domain status, and then launches into a discussion of how to determine the public domain status of such an item. After those ... Read More
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