the public domain
noun[S]
COMMUNICATIONSukusin the public domain
ifinformationis in thepublicdomain, it isavailablefor everyone toseeorknowabout:
All thefactsof thiscaseare not in thepublicdomain.
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the private domain
Examplesofthe public domain
the public domain
This ceased to be a problem when the novel passed intothepublicdomain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The story is now inthepublicdomain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once something is inthepublicdomain, the copyright belongs to everyone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The new recording, which will also be licensed intothepublicdomain, is expected to be released in early 2015.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These unprotectable components include "idea" (as contrasted with "expression"), "scnes faire" (conventional elements typical of a genre), material inthepublicdomain, and functional aspects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Exact figures for subsidies are not inthepublicdomain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He noticed the film carried an improper copyright notice and realized it was inthepublicdomain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This scientific name is inthepublicdomainand can not be legally protected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Disclosure of information that is already inthepublicdomaindoes not breach the duty.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was originally published in 1919, so it is inthepublicdomain.
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- delinquent loan
- delinquent-loan
- delinquent peer
- delinquent tax certificate
- delinquent-tax-certificate
- deliquesce
- deliquescence
- delirious
- deliriously
- delirium
- delirium tremens
- delirium-tremens
- de-list
- delist
- de-list
- de-listing
- de-listing
- deliver
- deliverable
- deliverance
- delivered
- delivered at frontier
- delivered-at-frontier
- delivered duty paid
- delivered-duty-paid