Introduction Whether you are new to the idea of making money on the net or an ‘old hand’, there is one truth about you and our business. However well you are doing at the moment, you could always do better, right? After all, I don’t know of many business owners – online or in the ‘real’ offline business world – who wouldn’t like their business to be more profitable. How ironic is it then that a superb free source of additional revenue and profit exists right at this moment, sitting there under the nose of every online entrepreneur? This is a source of profit that is freely available to all. What is more, there are literally thousands (if not millions) of ‘source’ materials than can be used to add hundreds of dollars to your bottom line in return for little or no effort. As the name of this report probably suggests, I‘m talking about public domain content materials here, content that you can use to boost the profitability of your business, starting right now. So, let’s get the ball rolling by defining exactly what we’re talking about when we refer to public domain materials in connection with online marketing. Public domain ‘stuff’ is everywhere… A basic definition Wherever we look and whatever we do, we are all, each and every one of us, surrounded by public domain property 24 hours a day. Anything that can be freely used by the public – you, me and the next person – without fear of legal recriminations is effectively a public domain property. For example, the local park is owned by your city or town for the benefit of all the citizens. It’s therefore in the public domain as are the forests, mountains and even the local shopping mall! Of course, when referring to public domain property in terms of online marketing, we’re not suggesting that you sell the local park or mall. Instead, for marketers, the term ‘public domain materials’ usually refers to ‘intellectual property’ rights to creative content materials. Hence, for us, public domain materials can be books, movies, TV shows, paintings, photographs, music and images. As you’ll appreciate after you’ve read this guide – if you don’t already – there are millions of creative materials that are in the public domain. All of these are waiting for someone like you to pick them up before turning them into a profitable product. I’ll highlight lots of places where you can freely access these materials later. I’ll also explain many different ways that you can make a lot of money using them. Before doing so however, it’s important to define exactly what public domain materials are because if you don’t get this bit right, you risk breaking the law! Here’s why. A lot of creative content materials are protected for the author or creator by copyright, a legal right to call their materials their own. This means that no-one else can use these materials ‘as is’ unless they comply with whatever rules are attached to that particular copyright on pain of prosecution. In this respect, the exact copyright terms can to an extent be dictated by the product creator author. For example, they may allow certain parts of the content to be used as long as the usage is attributed or they may make you ask for prior permission before using their content. However, if the product creator does not impose specific terms, the assumption is that all modern intellectual property is copyrighted unless it is stated otherwise. Hence, even if a content piece does not say ‘Copyright’ or carry the copyright symbol (©), the creators rights to it are still protected by law. This has been the assumption of America law ever since 1989 and remains so to this day. This is a very important point to understand in relation to online content. Just because something is published on the net does not in any way suggest that you can use it as you see fit. On the contrary, even if it does not say that this intellectual property is copyrighted, you should never take the risk of using it without knowing what you are doing. There are very specific rules about what content is freely available in the public domain and what is not. You must follow them. More precisely… The term ‘public domain materials’ is defined by the legal system of the country where those materials were originally created. Thus, the legal position pertaining to content that was originally produced in America is governed by US copyright laws, those materials that were originally from the UK are subject to the British legal system and so on. Of course, the development and growth of the Internet over the past couple of decades has blurred legal lines and boundaries. For instance, content materials from America are instantly accessible in Australia and Europe (and vice versa) so which copyright rules apply? I would suggest that you stick to the simplest rule set. Unless you are willing to seek an extremely expensive legal opinion, run with the obvious by following the copyright rules of the legal jurisdiction where the content was produced. It’s also a fact that the majority of the public domain content that is currently available on the net was produced or created in the USA. Hence, it’s the American definition of what is and what is not public domain content that you should stick to if there is any doubt. The rules that define what is and what is not copyrighted in the USA are actually quite complex as several factors have to be taken into account. For instance, there are sometimes different copyright laws applied to written or audio content whilst there are also specific rules applied to works by foreign nationals and those of US citizens living abroad. There is a comprehensive breakdown of what is and what is not protected by copyright laws on this page of the Cornell University website. For the sake of simplicity however, we can broadly assign intellectual property that is not copyright protected into one of four groups: • Anything that was published in the USA before 1923 was never copyright protected and is therefore in the public domain. Hence, the works of William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman and early Disney movies are public domain materials that are available to anyone; • Anything that was published between 1923 and 1963 with a copyright notice is no longer protected unless the copyright was renewed; • Works that were published between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice are in the public domain; • Any work that was published between 1978 and 1st March 1989 without notice or registration within five years is also public domain content; • One very interesting public domain category (that is missed by most who write about the subject) covers all works produced by Government officials and employees in the line of their duties. In addition, there are several ‘oddities’ – works published by any citizen of Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan before 1973 is for example in the public domain in the USA – but the rules above cover most ‘standard’ situations and scenarios. 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