"public domain" is a legal term, functionally the opposite of "copyrighted"

Napster proved that just because people can get something doesn't mean it is right or legal.

It is a legal thing, not a matter of physically locking it away... this is the digital age after all! 
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Lou Judson
Intuitive Audio
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On Dec 8, 2014, at 5:23 AM, CJB wrote:

> Erm - if the public can buy it then surely it IS in the public
> domain?!!!! Surely 'public domain' is anything that the ;public has
> access to incl. 'paid for' as opposed to being locked up in some vault
> or private collection inaccessible to anyone? And it might have been
> released 7 years ago but the Beeb on BBC 4 recently featured it in an
> excellent programme on the history of Funk. CJB
> 
> 
> On 08/12/2014, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> From: CJB <[log in to unmask]>
>>> This remarkable project just proves that there are still recordings
>>> out there worth preserving and releasing into the public domain.
>>> http://woodyguthrie.org/livewirepressrelease.htm
>> 
>> Of course this recording was issued to the public seven years ago.  But
>> it was NOT released into the public domain.  It is fully copyrighted.
>> 
>> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
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