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The Public Domain Mark was developed by Creative Commons [1] [2] and is only an indicator of the public domain status of a work – it itself does not release a copyrighted work into the public domain like CC0. The symbol is encoded in Unicode as U+1F16E CIRCLED C WITH OVERLAID BACKSLASH, [3] which was added in Unicode 13.0 in March 2020. [4]
In 2009, the American Library Association released an updated version of the National Library Symbol to accompany their "Libraries Connect Communities 3: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study." The symbol was designed by Illinois graphic designed Brian Benson. It was not intended as an official replacement of the original symbol. [10]
ISO 7001 ("public information symbols") is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization that defines a set of pictograms and symbols for public information. The latest version, ISO 7001:2023, was published in February 2023.
This work has been released into the public domain by its author, American Library Association. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: American Library Association grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
Since the public domain began expanding annually again in 2019, the month of January has typically seen a large number of public domain works uploaded to sites such as Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, and Wikimedia Commons. Standard Ebooks usually releases a number of notable newly-public domain books each January 1, and films in the public ...
This means all books, films, songs and art published throughout the Roaring 20s are without copyright protection, making 2025 a significant year for the public domain. Here are some of the most ...
It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions .
[2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3] Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in the public domain. All files can be accessed for free under an open format layout, available on almost any computer.