Public Domain Q&A

I’m Going To Say This One More Time

It’s “Rant” day…  I don’t often have rant’s but here goes.
If I read any of these comments one more time, I’m going to Scream!

“Public Domain content is old stuff – you can’t use it for content related to current trends or niches.”
“Public Domain content is already all online – so it will be duplicate content.” [...]

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Republishing U.S. Public Domain Works In The U.K.

“Hi Logan & Debra, love your emails and work. I have become very familiar with copyright law and the differences between U.S. and U.K. law (I am in the U.K.).
There is something I just can’t seem to find the answer on though. In the U.S. everything published before 1923 is out of copyright and [...]

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Can I Use U.S. Public Domain Works To Create Products For Sale In Germany?

Hello Debra, Hello Logan,
It is a long time since I bought your package. Must have been May or June last year. But now a serious question poped up and I hope you can help me with that.
Is it legal to use any of the PD stuff (books, fotos, movies, etc.) that’s available in the US [...]

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Working With Public Domain Films and Film Posters

Hi, I just bought your ebook on public domain etc.
 
I’m trying to find out what the situation is with reproducing B-movie posters onto t-shirts. I know through research that a lot of AIP properties were bought up by MGM/Fox, but there are so many smaller titles, as well as foreign based movies that there [...]

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What Exactly Is In The Public Domain Datewise?

Hi Logan
With the number of books etc entering the public domain constantly have you ever given thought to updating what exactly is in the public domain datewise? What I mean by that is 28 years + 47 years = 75 years. This makes everything lower than September 1933 public domain. Do you think it would [...]

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Are World War II Speeches In The Public Domain?

Hi Logan,
I’m currently working on a project which involves speeches given during WWII. Any idea on the copyright status of these and how to research the copyright? I am based in the UK.
Thanks
Jim
Hi Jim,
Most likely, you won’t have to do much (if any) copyright research for this project partially because of the timeframe involved (1939 [...]

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