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public domain — public do·main / dō mān/ n 1: land owned directly by the government 2: the realm or status of property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to appropriation by anyone Merriam… … Law dictionary
Public domain — Domain Do*main , n. [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium, property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See {Dame}, and cf {Demesne}, {Dungeon}.] 1. Dominion; empire; authority. [1913 Webster] 2. The territory over which dominion or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Public Domain — [Abk. PD, dt. »öffentlicher Bereich«], im angelsächsischen Urheberrecht Bezeichnung für Werke, Produkte oder Verfahren, an denen keine Eigentumsrechte mehr bestehen. Dies ist der Fall, wenn Patente oder Urheberrechte erloschen sind, nicht… … Universal-Lexikon
public domain — public do main1 noun in the public domain if something such as information is in the public domain, people in general know about it because it is not secret 2. ) something such as a book, play, or piece of software that is in the public domain… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
public domain — public do main n [singular] law something that is in the public domain is available for anyone to have or use ▪ The information is not currently in the public domain . ▪ Public domain software is sometimes called shareware … Dictionary of contemporary English
public domain — ➔ domain … Financial and business terms
public-domain — public domainˈ adjective (computing) Available to the general public free of charge • • • Main Entry: ↑public … Useful english dictionary
public domain — ☆ public domain n. 1. public lands 2. the condition of being free from copyright or patent and, hence, open to use by anyone … English World dictionary
public domain — public domain, adj. Law. 1. the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection. 2. land owned by the government. [1825 35, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Public domain — This article is about public ownership of creative works. For use in relationship to public lands, see Public domain (land). For how the public domain applies to Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Public domain. Intellectual property law … Wikipedia
Public-Domain — Inoffizielles Logo, welches gemeinfreies Material kennzeichnet Die Gemeinfreiheit bezeichnet alle Werke, welche keinem Urheberrecht mehr unterliegen oder ihm nie unterlegen haben. Das im angloamerikanischen Raum anzutreffende Public Domain ist… … Deutsch Wikipedia
