Public Domain also refers to the “realm of material – ideas, images, sounds, discoveries, facts, texts – that is unprotected by intellectual property rights and free for all to use or build upon. It ...

Legal experts say that trademark laws are another obstacle to using public domain characters. "A copyright reflects the physical image, but a trademark has a public meaning and perception that ...

Now, it’s expanding its efforts with the launch of the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a new platform that compiles the more than 10,000 images featured across its essays and articles into ...