Public Domain Resources
Welcome to the Public Domain
Copyright & Fair Use at Stanford University
Creative Commons — CC0 1.0 Universal
Public Domain Dedication
Creative Commons - Public Domain Mark
“No Known Copyright” Our Public Domain Mark enables works that are no longer restricted by copyright to be marked as such in a standard and simple way, making them easily discoverable and available to others. Many cultural heritage institutions including museums, libraries and other curators are kno…
KidzSearch.com
Public domain Facts for Kids
Duke Law
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
The Public Domain Review
Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.
Public Domain Sherpa
Information and resources to help you identify creative works in the public domain - works you can use without asking permission or paying fees.
Fair Use Repository: canonical citation for a webbed world
The Fair Use Repository at fair-use.org is an effort to create a canonical resource for citations of documents by researchers. We compile, and (where necessary) make available electronic transcriptions of the portions of documents cited in fair use by participating scholars. We do our best to make c…
Copyright Resources
U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright Office Homepage
U.S. Code: Title 17
Copyright Basics
Links to pdf on copyright basics
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s main web site.
Copyright Clearance Center
Collective licensing pioneer CCC helps you integrate, access, and share information through licensing, content, software and professional services.
Google Patent Search
WebVoyage
Public Catalog Library of Congress
U.S. Government Works | USAGov
Learn more about how copyright applies to U.S. government works.
Berne Convention
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Canadian Copyright Database
Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Intellectual property and copyright - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
List of countries’ copyright lengths - Wikipedia
Copyright is the right to copy and publish a particular work. The terms “copy” and “publish” are quite broad. They include copying in electronic form, the making of translated versions, the creation of a television program based on the work, and putting the work on the Internet. A work is protected…
Other Links of Interest
Academic Free License (“AFL”) v. 3.0 | Open Source Initiative
SPDX short identifier: AFL-3.0
Apple Public Source License
The Perl Foundation
The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-…
Artistic License 2.0
Copyright (c) 2000-2006, The Perl Foundation. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble This license establishes...
COMMUNIA - The European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain
The COMMUNIA Final Report (as approved by the EU Commission) is finally available online.
What is Copyleft? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
Copyleft is a general method for making a program (or other work) free (in the sense of freedom, not “zero price”), and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well.
The GNU General Public License v3.0 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
Version 3, 29 June 2007
