public domain
Noun
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Noun
public domain (uncountable)
- 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.
- This book is in the public domain.
- There is very little information about the treaty which is in the public domain.
- Open land such as unowned prairie in the western and southwestern United States; space not subject to a land patent.
- The realm of published works, as opposed to unpublished tracts.
- French: domaine public
- German: Public Domain, Gemeinfreiheit
- Italian: pubblico dominio
- Portuguese: domínio público
- Russian: обще́ственное достоя́ние
- Spanish: dominio público
- German: gemeinfrei
- Portuguese: em domínio público
- Spanish: de(l) dominio público
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