How to Find Public Domain Content
When the original copyright on a piece of art or entertainment expires, the work in question enters into the public domain. This means that anyone can access, reproduce or do anything else with the content for free. If you're trying to broaden your horizons using public domain works of art, you can find anything you're looking for using the Web as a tool.
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Use the website of the Public Domain Information Project to find public domain and royalty free music and lyrics. The Public Domain Information Project website maintains a database of lyrics that have entered into the public domain due to their age. The audio recordings themselves are not part of the public domain, but are instead "royalty free."
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Use the Internet Archive's Public Domain search. The Internet Archive is a site that catalogs older versions of Web sites and other types of information, but can also be used specifically to find works that are classified as being in the public domain. You can browse through the listings on the site and find plays, lyrics, movies and other types of art that falls into this category.
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Search for books that have entered into the public domain using the Public Domain Reprints website. Public Domain Reprints allows you to search for books by title or browse by author, genre or category. The full text of the books available on the site can can be printed and reprinted without paying anybody any money.
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