[Openfontlibrary] Public Domain?

[Jon Phillips]

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 08:32 +0000, Rob Myers wrote:
> Jon Phillips wrote:
> 
> > So how can there be a public domain or the equivalent in the EU and
> > these other countries? There must be some idea of common content and/or
> > cultural goods that these companies uphold, right? Or, is it just that
> > they are considered free?
> 
> I don't think we have a positive conception of the public domain in the 
> UK. We just have work with copyright expired, or work that cannot be 
> copyrighted (due to its form or to being traditional). Government work 
> is "Crown Copyright", not public domain like in the US.
> 
> So in the UK you'd have to say that you are waiving your copyright (and 
> Moral Rights if you wish) rather than that you are placing the work in 
> the public domain.
> 
> Some interesting UK-related links here:
> 
> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/fc-uk-discuss/2005-September/000146.html
> 
> - Rob.

Is there a concept of international public domain that the UK respects?
What is the highest level we can state that will trickle down
internationally?

Jon

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