public domain
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Summary
public domain is a copyright status[1]. It draws 38,138 Wikipedia views per month (copyright status category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: legal term or legal concept[3], law[4]
- Subclass of: public good[5]
- Commons category: Public domain[6]
- Said to be the same as: DP[7]
- Opposite of: copyrighted[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Public domain[9]
- Facet of: copyright[10], copyright law[11]
- Described by source: Dictionnaire des biens communs[12]
- Topic has template: Template:PD[13]
- Short name: PD[14], 🅮[15]
- Different from: Allautopartstore.com[16], PD[17]
- Has list: list of films in the public domain in the United States[18]
- Hashtag: PublicDomain[19]
- Permanent duplicated item: public domain[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Open access[21], Open Culture / GLAM Glossary[22]
- Model item: public domain music[23], ineligible for copyright protection[24], Q135297858[25]
- Not found in: Integrated Authority File[26]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for public domain include Public Domain Day[27], an observance[28], founded in 2004[29] and Public Domain Map[30], an open data project[31], founded in 2021[32].
Why It Matters
public domain has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for it include Public Domain Day[27], an observance[28], founded in 2004[29] and Public Domain Map[30], an open data project[31], founded in 2021[32].