Public domain
Overview
 
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Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...

 rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all.
 
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