Difference between revisions of "Category: Public domain images" - New World Encyclopedia

Latest revision as of 23:22, 7 June 2006

Public domain images may be used freely within the Encyclopedia Project.

An image gets into the public domain if:

its creator explicitsy releases it the public domain
it was created for certain US government agencies which release ALL their work to the public domain
it is so old that it never was copyrighted (e.g., Renaissance art
its copyright has expired and was not (or cannot be) renewed (in the US, anything before 1903 is in the public domain)

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This category contains only the following file.

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 *it was created for certain US government agencies which release ALL their work to the public domain
 *it is so old that it never was copyrighted (e.g., [[Renaissance]] art
-*its copyright has expired and was not (or cannot be) renewed (in the US, that's works created befor 1910 or 1920 - ask if you're not sure)
+*its copyright has expired and was not (or cannot be) renewed (in the US, anything before 1903 is in the public domain)