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public domainness

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English

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Etymology

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From public domain +‎ -ness.

Noun

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public domainness (uncountable)

  1. (rare, informal) The state or quality of being in the public domain, free of copyright restrictions.
    • 2011 March 4, Séverine Dusollier, “SCOPING STUDY ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN”, in World Intellectual Property Organization[1]:
      Any regime applied to the public domain should ensure such free use. Yet, the ‘public domainness’ does not guarantee as such a freedom to access to the resources it contains. Access to a public domain work will depend on many factors.