English-German translations for public domain

• gemeinfrei
  Zweitens handelt es sich hierbei nicht um zeitgenössische Werke, die größeres Interesse wecken könnten, sondern um ältere, gemeinfreie Werke. Secondly, these are not contemporary works, which would attract the greatest interest, but older ones which are in the public domain.
  Lassen Sie mich hinzufügen, dass das Projekt Google Books in Zusammenarbeit mit Bibliotheken ins Leben gerufen wird und nur gemeinfreie Bücher betrifft. Let me add that in Europe, the Google Books Project is deployed in collaboration with libraries and concerns only public domain books.
  Das Parlament bekräftigt, dass Europeana nicht nur gemeinfreie Werke bereitstellen, sondern auch Material miteinbeziehen sollte, das noch urheberrechtlich geschützt ist. Parliament underlines that Europeana should not just give access to public domain works, but should also include material that is still in copyright.
• Gemeinfreiheit die
• Public Domain die

Definition of public domain

• The realm of intellectual property which is not protected by patents or copyright, i.e. over which no person or other legal entity can establish a proprietary interest
• Open land such as unowned prairie in the western and southwestern United States; space not subject to a land patent

Examples

• This book is in the public domain.
• There is very little information about the treaty which is in the public domain.

Related words

• public wisdom
• public domain software
• Dominican Republic