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Commonly, this involves someone creating or distributing a "copy" of a protected work that is "substantially similar" to the original version. Infringement requires copying. If two people happen to write exactly the same story, without knowledge of the other, there is no infringement. | Commonly, this involves someone creating or distributing a "copy" of a protected work that is "substantially similar" to the original version. Infringement requires copying. If two people happen to write exactly the same story, without knowledge of the other, there is no infringement. | ||
==Public domain== | |||
Works in the public domain are free for anyone to copy and use. Strictly speaking, the term "public domain" means that the work is not covered by any intellectual property rights at all (copyright, trademark, patent, or otherwise).<ref>{{Cite book| last = Boyle| first = James| title = The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind| publisher = CSPD| year = 2008| pages = 38| url = https://www.google.com/books?id=Fn1Pl9Gv_EMC&dq=public+domain&source=gbs_navlinks_s| isbn=978-0-300-13740-8}}</ref> However, this article discusses public domain with respect to copyright ''only''. | |||
A work may enter the public domain in a number of different ways. For example, (a) the copyright protecting the work may have expired, or (b) the owner may have explicitly donated the work to the public, or (c) the work is not the type of work that copyright can protect. | |||
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