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What is public domain?

What is public domain? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. the realm of intellectual property which is not protected by patents or copyright, i.e. over which no person or other legal entity can establish a proprietary interest
  2. open land such as unowned prairie in the western and southwestern United States; space not subject to a land patent
  3. the realm of published works, as opposed to unpublished tracts
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Without such pioneers putting their work into the public domain, the Internet as we know it would not exist.
The most amazing works in history are public domain but not many public domain recordings exist.
Committee members were urged to keep all details of the meeting secret to prevent the sensitive information leaking into the public domain.
I think that happened because the film's copyright accidentally lapsed, putting it into the public domain.
Ever the idealist, she wants to harness that private articulacy and put it in the public domain.
He realises the paramount importance of getting all the facts into the public domain before the press winkle them out.

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