Posts

Showing posts with the label public fomain

Cashing In On Public Domain Content

I assume anyone who reads this knows what public domain is. Yes, it’s a literary, musical, photography, motion pictures , government forms, radio broadcasts works that are not protected under U.S. copyright laws therefore own by the public. It’s usually works that are published before 1923. Those publications published between 1923 and 1973 that have copyrights but were no longer renewed are also considered public domain. Public domain is like a cash cow, many people are making money out of it. Those people who are resourceful enough and creative enough will really reap the fruits of their labor. I’d say resourceful because you have to find a public domain work and tie it up with a hot niche and creative if you can repackage it in a way the people think it’s original and will certainly buy it. It’s been kind of an insider secret when it comes to making money using public domain content. But not until now that many people are very much aware of it. Though, not too many people know about...