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Public domain land is land that is not privately owned and not under state or municipal ownership.
The Bureau of Land Management within the United States Department of the Interior manages and administers America's public lands. That includes over 247 million acres of land mostly in the Western states and includes natural, cultural and national heritage sites. The bureau maintains and manages the lands for the use and enjoyment of the public. It regulates activities such as camping, biking, shooting, hiking, fishing, boating, etc. It regulates mining, logging, oil leases and other such activity.
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Are Harper's Weekly issues from 1861 in the public domain?
Yes; in the US, materials published prior to 1923 are in the public domain.
Is Beyond the Horizon in the public domain in the US?
Yes.
Where on the internet can you find public domain music?
An extensive list of songs in the public domain (in the US) is linked below. It's much harder to find public domain recordings, as the copyrights for sound recordings are especially convoluted.
Is the Rand McNally map North America in 1750 copyrighted in 1903 in public domain?
Yes; US works prior to 1923 are in the public domain.
What are four ways materials can be consider public domain?
Materials can enter the public domain when copyright term expires, protection is not renewed (renewals are not available for new works), the creator donates the work to the public domain, or the materials are a work of the US Government.
Is Happy Birthday in the public domain?
No, and it is staunchly protected by its rightsholders, as licensing it brings in about $2 million annually. In the EU, it will enter the public domain in 2017; in the US it will be protected through 2029.
Is Giradoux's Ondine in the public domain?
It is protected in France and other countries with a copyright term of life plus 70 years (such as the US), but in the public domain in shorter-term countries such as Canada.
Is the Poem The Shooting of Dan McGrew in the public domain?
Yes; Robert W. Service's works entered the public domain in Canada (and other countries that acknowledge the "rule of the shorter term") in 2009. Just to be contrary, that particular poem entered the public domain in the US in 2003.
How often do copyrights expire?
In most countries, new works are entering the public domain every year on January 1. In the US, no new works will enter the public domain until 2019.
Is 'Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys' public domain?
Because of the frustrating nature of US sound recording copyright, no sound recordings will enter the public domain until February 15, 2067.
Is the song the plain golden band in the public domain?
Yes, the song called Plain Golden Band is in the public domain because it was published prior to 1923. In the US, songs published prior to 1923 are considered to be public property.
Is Blue Yodel protected by copyright?
Yes; recordings in particular will not go into the public domain in the US until 15 February 2067, although the songs themselves will start entering the public domain in 2028.
