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When Works Pass Public Domain in Books & Research Libraries Directory

     

A public domain work is a creative work that is not protected by copyright and which may be freely used by everyone. The reasons that the work is not protected include the term of copyright for the work has expired the author failed to satisfy statutory formalities to perfect the copyright or the work is a work of the U.S. Government.

 


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