public domain

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Meanwhile, the Bible bursts with globally familiar stories, all of which are in the public domain.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Johnson is among those critical of the whole process, saying last year that it had not brought "a single new or interesting fact into the public domain".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

She said that information in one of the articles was either already in the public domain or "almost certainly came from a freelance contact" who she identified as Sharon Feinstein.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Netflix calls Seedance “a high-speed privacy engine” and says that they “will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art,” as stated in the letter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Congress effectively outlawed their communal property, passing vast acreages into the public domain, tracts which then suddenly wound up in the hands of large American ranching enterprises like the Devine Company.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols