Comments for Public Domain Works http://www.publicdomainworks.net Building a registry of sound recordings Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Public understanding of the ‘public domain’ by mhholloway http://www.publicdomainworks.net/2007/04/20/public-understanding-of-the-public-domain/#comment-2121 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:00:28 +0000 http://www.publicdomainworks.net/2007/04/20/public-understanding-of-the-public-domain/#comment-2121 <p>That's good to know, Rufus, thanks very much. Assumed we'd be educating the general publicm but suppose we also need to re-educate the legal profession on the latent merits of the public domain.</p> That’s good to know, Rufus, thanks very much. Assumed we’d be educating the general publicm but suppose we also need to re-educate the legal profession on the latent merits of the public domain.

]]> Comment on Public understanding of the ‘public domain’ by rgrp http://www.publicdomainworks.net/2007/04/20/public-understanding-of-the-public-domain/#comment-872 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:12:51 +0000 http://www.publicdomainworks.net/2007/04/20/public-understanding-of-the-public-domain/#comment-872 <p>I don't think our usage of the term 'public domain' depends on an 'emerging' notion -- rather the IP-expert solicitor seems to be using the term in a rather special (and unusual) way. For example check out the <a href="http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p10_duration" rel="nofollow">UK Copyright Service</a> who write:</p> <blockquote> <p>2. What happens when copyright expires?</p> <p>When the term of copyright protection has expired, the work falls into the public domain. This means that the work, has effectively become public property and may be used freely.</p> </blockquote> I don’t think our usage of the term ‘public domain’ depends on an ‘emerging’ notion — rather the IP-expert solicitor seems to be using the term in a rather special (and unusual) way. For example check out the UK Copyright Service who write:

2. What happens when copyright expires?

When the term of copyright protection has expired, the work falls into the public domain. This means that the work, has effectively become public property and may be used freely.

]]> Comment on Composer Data by Public Domain Works » Some Statistics http://www.publicdomainworks.net/2006/05/25/composer-data/#comment-5 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:47:11 +0000 http://www.publicdomainworks.net/2006/05/25/composer-data/#comment-5 <p>[...] Composers whose works are out of copyright. Of the 1083 composers listed in the data kindly donated to us by Philip Harper we estimate that, as of January 1st 2007: Out of Copyright: 263 [...]</p> […] Composers whose works are out of copyright. Of the 1083 composers listed in the data kindly donated to us by Philip Harper we estimate that, as of January 1st 2007: Out of Copyright: 263 […]

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