Keep Yourself From Lawsuits With Public Domain Sherpa!
The Internet has become a free-speech battleground. On the one side of the argument are people who believe that Freedom Of Speech is an absolute and information should be freely disseminated. On the other side of the argument are those who see copyright protections as essential to protecting intellectual property rights. While the Internet has enflamed this old argument, it also provides many remedies to the conflicting philosophies. One of the remedies is to make clear exactly what is available for free use without any copyright protections. For people who wish to avail themselves of works that are in the public domain, there is Public Domain Sherpa.
Public Domain Sherpa is a guide to all things that you may find on the Internet for public use. “Public domain” is a term in copyright law that refers to a work – be it a song, story, film, book, photograph or other work that usually could be copyright protected – for which there is no copyright owner. That means that items that are “in the public domain” may be used by artists, publishers or in any other medium freely. There is no one you would have to pay royalties to in order to use an object in the public domain. Because works on the Internet may not be properly annotated with the copyright information, and ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law, you might need a guide online to what is in the public domain. That is where Public Domain Sherpa comes in!
Created by a copyright lawyer, Public Domain Sherpa is split into two parts. The first part of the site is an educational tool that walks you through copyright vs. public domain definitions. The site carefully details what is copyright protected, what is free use and what falls into a legal gray area. This makes Public Domain Sherpa a strong resource for those looking for abstract theories on what constitutes public domain. The educational portion of the site is very well-cited in order to give you the access to the source material, with all of its jargon and precise wording.
The other half of Public Domain Sherpa is a series of index pages to public domain sites. These pages have organized listings and links to website that have content that is available for free use. For everything from reference photographs to sheet music that is in the public domain, Public Domain Sherpa has an easy-to-use listing that can keep you on the right side of the law!
If you cannot afford a lawyer for yourself and want to avoid copyright violations, Public Domain Sherpa may be the best possible resource on the Internet for you!
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