Finding and Using Public Domain

Welcome to our next lesson on public domain works. Today we are going to talk about where to find public domain works and a little about what you can do with them as well.

Just a reminder that this email will not be conclusive on our subject because the topic of public domain is so big we could never cover it properly within an email.

For a better more thorough guide to public domain we recommend getting the "Public Domain Survival Kit" You can read more about it and its 5 different components here:

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Alrighty with that being said lets get into today's lesson shall we?

When you want to find public domain works whats the first thing you do?

Well actually there are a few choices, but considering you are reading this lesson on a computer we will assume you will use the computer first.

But did you know that there is an even better place you should be looking first? Where is that you say?

At your local public library of course!

Many libraries have an archive or reserved section of older books that most people never venture into. Also these libraries have book fairs quite often and will actually sell the books for pennies most of the time.

This is a gold mine for you the Internet Marketer because you will most likely be buying a book thats not available anywhere online thereby giving you pretty much exclusive on the contents to be the first one to use them in your products.

Now what kind of books should you look for?

Any kind of book that explains how to do or make something. Especially pay attention to books that contains diagrams, drawngs, or plans within them.

Another good type of old book to keep an eye out for is ones on past events such as the civil war, past elections, or even just story telling books.

All of these can be scanned with an ordinary consumer grade flat bed scanner and turned into an exclusive product that only you will have and be able to capture the market on it.

But I here you asking "Well what about online? Where is the best places I can start at now when I finish reading this email?"

You have two options. The first depends on if you have purchased the "Public Domain Survival Kit" or not. If you did it comes with a browser plugin called Public Domain Explorer (PDE) that will search the top public domain resources available online for you.


The next best places to start without having PDE is to go to Project Gutenberg's and to Archive.org's websites. Both of these will have tons of public domain on their sites themselves but also links to other public domain archives.

Here are the links to their websites:

Project Gutenberg

==> http://www.gutenberg.org

Archive.org

==> http://www.archive.org

I always make Project Gutenberg my first online place to search because they offer so many varieties of the public domain they have. They usually have HTML, DOC, TXT, PS, PDF, WAV, and MP3 versions of most of their works in storage. And its all free too.

Archive.org has mostly the pictures, videos, and audios of public domain. But they do have the actual books too sometimes.

Thats it for today. In 2 days we will dedicate the next lesson just to ideas on product creation from public works. I will give you some ideas plus show you where you can go to to see some examples of what people are selling conceived entirely out of public domain works.

You definitely don't want to miss the next lesson so be on the lookout for it!

If you haven't gotten the "Public Domain Survival Kit" yet I urge you to do so. We are selling it at a significant discount from its regular $77 price tag. You can pickup your copy today right here:

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Determining Public Domain Criteria?

Determining what is in the public domain can be a frustrating task. You may have found a book, song, movie, or video thats listed on a website as public domain, but can you really be sure it is?

Basically there are 3 things to consider with public domain criteria.

They are:

1. Date of Work - What year was the work created/produced
2. Protected - What copyright protection were issued at creation
3. Term - How long is the work protected

In a general definition any work created before 1923 usually has no protection or term. There are exceptions to this though they are rare. On the other hand almost all work created from Jan 1978 and on is copyright protected. Usually the term for the copyrights are life +70 years, or in the case of a corporate copyright it is life +95 years.

This means that anything created since Jan 1978 is copyright protected for the life of the original creator and at least 70 years beyond his or her’s death.

Between the years 1923 and 1978 the copyright laws were changed several times and most works were granted protection for 28 years initially and if renewed for another 67 years beyond the first term’s expiration.

But this was not always the case. as the laws changed 4 times during this period of time and lots of works did not get copyrighted at all or were never renewed.

So a safe bet when you are searching for public domain works is anything created before 1923 is probably safe to use any way you see fit. Works created between 1923 and 1978 you should be cautious about using because they may still be copyrighted.

And finally anything created after 1978 you can bet is copyrighted and you must seek permission to use the item or owrk.

Thats it for today. In two days I’ll post another lesson on public domain usage and guidelines. So be sure to watch for it. Until then why not consider getting a copy of our Public Domain Survival Kit? You can read more about the kit and its contents here:

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