Public Domain
The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable.As examples, the works of William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo Da Vinci and Georges Méliès are in the public domain either by virtue of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works are not covered by a country's copyright laws, and are therefore in the public domain; for example, in the United States, items excluded from copyright include the formulae of Newtonian …
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Carbon Tracker Initiative · 19 November 2024 English
This report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative critically evaluates the emissions targets of 30 leading oil and gas companies, assessing their alignment with the Paris Agreement. It introduces methane-specific reduction …
been collected from a number of sources in the public domain and from Carbon Tracker licensors. Some of …
World Bank Group · 13 November 2024 English
access to information not otherwise in the public domain, or to the Adaptation Fund Board, Secretariat …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 13 November 2024 English
This report assesses how Indian ADB-backed projects to construct and upgrade some 45,000 km of rural roads are improving connectivity, opening socioeconomic opportunities, and transforming communities.
specializations should be displayed in the public domain. executive summary1 R ural roads comprising …
IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies · 13 November 2024 English
In this final report produced as part of a joint project with the IISS, experts from the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research outline a broad range of foreign-policy …
tle tank, the only successful deals in the public domain have been small-scale ones for underwater acoustics …
World Bank Group · 12 November 2024 English
their source to their mouth, are waters of public domain or national property. Additionally, this law … supervise, as the case may be, all waters in the public domain indispensable for the due compliance with the …
CEEW: Council on Energy, Environment and Water · 12 November 2024 English
Countries and assessment and recovery capacity of the country to adapt to In this study, the Council has considered the G202 current and changing climate impacts. [...] The overall outcomes …
national and based on the data available in the public domain. international stakeholder consultations were …
World Bank Group · 11 November 2024 English
their source to their mouth, are waters of public domain or national property. Additionally, this law … supervise, as the case may be, all waters in the public domain indispensable for the due compliance with the …
World Bank Group · 11 November 2024 English
Recipient has defined the conditions and fees of public domain occupancy applicable to the operators of digital … Lack of clarity in mutualizing the costs of public domain occupation and the “dig once” policy blocked … costs authorizing telecom operators to use the public domain were not transparent and discouraged coordination … operators of digital communication networks for public domain occupancy. These regulatory reforms would create …
World Bank Group · 11 November 2024 English
In Senegal, despite the existence of legal provisions and international commitments aimed at promoting gender equality in land rights, women continue to face significant challenges in accessing and controlling land. …
stipulated that “all land not classified as in the public domain, not registered, and ownership of which has …
World Bank Group · 11 November 2024 English
In Senegal, despite the existence of legal provisions and international commitments aimed at promoting gender equality in land rights, women continue to face significant challenges in accessing and controlling land. …
commission is a key body involved in managing the public domain land in a municipality’s territory. Made up … municipal council may set up commissions (including public domain commission) to study issues within its remit …
