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There are multiple licenses which aim to release works into the public domain. In 2000 the WTFPL was released as a public domain like software license. [59] Creative Commons (created in 2002 by Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Eric Eldred) has introduced several public-domain-like licenses, called Creative Commons licenses. These give authors ...
Hundreds of American live-action films are in the public domain because they were never copyrighted or because their copyrights have since expired. These films may be viewed online at websites such as the Internet Archive [22] and can also be downloaded from various websites. [23] Notable examples of such public-domain films include: Charade (1963)
The Italian public domain is governed by the Italian Civil Code, article 822 and following. [3] In Italy, public domain is not the same thing of public estate: if the second one can be sell or rent in any moment, the main characteristic of the assets forming the public domain is their inalienability and imprescriptibility. In particular, all ...
Public session – a meeting, usually of a governmental body, that is open to the general public. [16] [17] [18] For government bodies, such meetings may be required to be open to the public due to open meeting laws. [19] Electronic meetings – a meeting held by electronic means, such as the internet. [20] Any of the above types of meetings ...
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
Under article L. 451-5 of the French Code du Patrimoine, the deaccessioning of state property will only be permitted after consent of the Commission Nationale Scientifique des Collections. [4] This procedure is, however, not available for goods that have been entered public collections through gifts and bequests. [5]
Public-domain software was commercialized sometimes by a donationware model, asking the users for a financial donation to be sent by mail. [10] The public-domain "free sharing" and donationware commercialization models evolved in the following years to the (non-voluntary) shareware model, [11] [12] and software free of charge, called freeware. [13]
Publication of an otherwise protected work by the U.S. government does not put that work in the public domain. For example, government publications may include works copyrighted by a contractor or grantee; copyrighted material assigned to the U.S. Government; or copyrighted information from other sources. [5]