Definitions for public domain
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pub′lic domain′(n.)
the legal status of a work or invention whose copyright or patent has expired, or for which there never was such protection.
Category: Law
Category: Law, Government
Ref: public land.
Origin of public domain:
1825–35, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
public domain(noun)
property rights that are held by the public at large
Wiktionary
public domain(Noun)
The feature of intellectual property being not protected under patent or copyright, i.e. no person or other legal entity can establish proprietary interests.
public domain(Noun)
Open land such as unowned prairie in the western and southwestern United States. Space not subject to a land patent.
public domain(Noun)
Information about a subject which is accessible to anyone
public domain(Adjective)
Not subject to any copyright or patent restrictions.
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