I'm interested in watching more short films. What are your favorites? [more inside]
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth on Nov 12, 2009 - 28 answers

Someone wants to license a public domain photo from me - does that even work? [more inside]
posted by AzraelBrown on Aug 21, 2009 - 17 answers

YANML. is it legal to rewrite a public domain book with a new co-author? [more inside]
posted by Izzmeister on Aug 16, 2009 - 17 answers

Is there a public domain resource for pictures of people along with their ages at the time that the picture was taken? The best I've come up with is places with government info which have pictures of politicians. Anything better with a wider range of types of people and ages? Obviously dating sites would be a great place to get this info, but none of them are going to be public domain.
posted by HappyEngineer on Jul 19, 2009 - 10 answers

What is the copyright status of the movie The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy? [more inside]
posted by clockworkjoe on Jun 22, 2009 - 10 answers

I took a few bookbinding classes in university and really enjoyed them, but I stopped doing it after I had saturated the market (i.e. my friends and family) with blank books to use as journals, notebooks, photo albums, etc. I recently thought that it might be fun to make hand-printed and bound editions of novellas and short stories that are in the public domain. [more inside]
posted by cilantro on Nov 26, 2008 - 8 answers

Where can I get my hands on a clean, high-res, public domain recording of a nice full orchestral arrangement of O Canada? [more inside]
posted by damehex on Aug 2, 2008 - 6 answers

Weirdest and wildest films in the public domain. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Mar 10, 2008 - 13 answers

Wikipedia says: "One of the largest producers of public domain stock footage is the United States government. All videos produced by the United States military, NASA, and other agencies are available for use as stock footage." Where? [more inside]
posted by muscat on Feb 9, 2008 - 12 answers

Here is an example... My Boss: "We want to use the Can Can song. Our music guy has done a recording for us. Is it in the Public Domain?" Me: "Yes. The composer, J. Offenbach, has been deceased since 1880 and if we are doing our own arrangement we are fine." My Bosses Boss: "About 5 years ago, I tried to clear this song for use in a TV production and discovered that it was NOT in the Public Domain. Elle Vator, can you research this and let us know the answer two months ago?" [more inside]
posted by Elle Vator on Dec 14, 2007 - 13 answers

Does anyone recognize what book this illustration is from? It looks pretty old. Hopefully in the public domain.
posted by Charlie Lesoine on Jul 26, 2007 - 13 answers

Are images from the UK boy's magazine CHUMS in the public domain? [more inside]
posted by stokast on Feb 20, 2006 - 1 answer

Its been discussed many times before on MeFi, and I'd like to get a clearer picture of this issue: copyright and public domain. [more inside]
posted by tetsuo on Jan 17, 2006 - 19 answers

I need to find some christmas music I can use for a corporate e-card without paying royalty fees. [more inside]
posted by BigBrownBear on Nov 3, 2005 - 5 answers