Public Domain: An Infographic
Infographic by Matt Hobbs 2014, via visual.ly.com
Public Domain- Simplified
- Before 1923
- Between 1923-1963 with copyright notice, but no renewal
- Between 1923-1977 with no copyright notice
- Between 1978-March 1, 1989 with no copyright notice and no registration
- The author/owner has given up rights
Works in the Public Domain
- Most Federal Documents
- Phone books
- Works with expired copyrights
- Works for which creators/owners have given up their copyrights
- Freeware
- Some open-source documents
- Works registered with Creative Commons and similar organizations
- Things that cannot be copyrights, for example, names, short phrases, titles, ideas, and facts
- Some clip art