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The dictionary definition I just saw was:
public domain
Examples Word Origin
noun, Law.
1.
the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
That seems to me to imply something would need to be registered first or be unprotected? That makes sense to me in a way.
The link Laura provided says "Once you express your idea in a fixed form — as a digital painting, recorded song, or even scribbled on a napkin — it is automatically copyrighted if it is an original work of authorship.".
If someone's claim to ownership was ever very seriously challenged, what could prove who really did come up with it first?
public domain
Examples Word Origin
noun, Law.
1.
the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
That seems to me to imply something would need to be registered first or be unprotected? That makes sense to me in a way.
The link Laura provided says "Once you express your idea in a fixed form — as a digital painting, recorded song, or even scribbled on a napkin — it is automatically copyrighted if it is an original work of authorship.".
If someone's claim to ownership was ever very seriously challenged, what could prove who really did come up with it first?