public domain
noun
1
: land owned directly by the government
2
: the realm embracing property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to appropriation by anyone
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Yet, there are privacy concerns and ethical considerations for implementing any computer vision solution within a public domain.
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Nick Herbert, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Every actress who played the feline fatale through the years
Another over-the-top moment from Brancato and Ferris' draft included a major sequence involving the company's lab rats escaping into the city's public domains.
—EW.com, 19 July 2024
Flix is one of the largest libraries of public domain animation and live action and over the next year will be doubling the size of its library.
—Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
If a song is completely created using AI, then that track is public domain, Joseph Fishman, a Vanderbilt law professor specializing in intellectual property, told Fortune.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 June 2024
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Nick Herbert, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Every actress who played the feline fatale through the years
Another over-the-top moment from Brancato and Ferris' draft included a major sequence involving the company's lab rats escaping into the city's public domains.
—EW.com, 19 July 2024
Flix is one of the largest libraries of public domain animation and live action and over the next year will be doubling the size of its library.
—Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
If a song is completely created using AI, then that track is public domain, Joseph Fishman, a Vanderbilt law professor specializing in intellectual property, told Fortune.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 June 2024
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“Public domain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20domain. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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