Review
“A superb offering showing how to avoid lawsuits by getting one’s hands on thousands of public domain songs, movies and manuscripts that can be used on websites or anywhere else free of charge.” James Coates, Chicago Tribune (James Coates, Chicago Tribune 20080305)”The constitutional guarantee of a public domain was one of the Framers’ most important gifts to our cultural tradition. This extraordinary book makes real the value of that gift in the 21st Century.” (Laurence Lessig, author,Code & Other Laws of Cyberspace )”How do you tell the difference between what’s copyrighted and what isn’t? A good starting point is Stephen Fishman’s The Public Domain.” (Associated Press )
Need content? It’s free for the taking! Even though you’ve always been told otherwise, writers and artists can copy other people’s work and get away with it. How? By dipping into the public domain, where everything is free for the taking. The Public Domain is the only (more…)