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Legal Aspects of Public Domain Materialby Lisa Rae Preston Send Feedback to Lisa Rae Preston public domain materialMore Details about public domain material here.
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Numerous individuals and publishing companies have reprinted old works like the G. A. Henty books for young folks and Charlotte Mason's educational books. Others take bits and pieces of art or photos and create totally new collections. Magazine covers become artwork, old ads hang in restaurants, vintage graphics are transformed into patterns for needlework. The sky's the limit when it comes to repackaging public domain material! So, as long as a book, article, movie, etc. is in the public domain, you can use all or part of it in your own products or even reprint the work and sell it as a tangible product. You want to make absolutely certain, though, that any work you use is, indeed, copyright- free so you don't get into legal issues. Ignorance of the law can shut down your entire business! Take the few extra minutes to learn the ins and outs of making sure what you want to use is, indeed, copyright-free material. There's a huge misunderstanding going around right now online that all you have to do to use vintage magazines is to do your own copyright search at http://copyright.gov or http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/ and then if there's no "RE" beside the magazines, they weren't renewed, and you're free to use them. THIS IS FALSE INFORMATION! I spoke to three separate lawyers on the topic, as I had bought hundreds of magazines, and was prepared to use them. Some little voice inside told me to check for legal purposes, and I was shocked by what the lawyers told me. Did you know that a work can be copyrighted and not registered? This poses a huge problem for those who have researched copyright.gov and then took content for their site just because the magazine didn't appear to be registered. If you are using any book or magazine content you haven't had thoroughly searched (all three databases), then you could actually be using content illegally. Bottom line -- stay legal, keep your profits. Always have a formal legal search of all databases to make sure you are not using copyrighted content.
Lisa Rae Preston, former writing teacher, assists entrepreneurs in getting their passions into print. Known as 'The Relationship Marketer', Lisa focuses on helping others establish a trusting connection online with their clients and potential customers through their printed message. Online since 2002, Lisa coaches other marketers in writing articles, website content, information products, salescopy, and follow-up emails. You may reach her at LisaRaePreston.com.
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