What is Public Domain

Chances are that if you are reading this you know what public domain products are. In a nutshell these are books or films or other similar products where their property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable.

I know, right? I'll use works by Edgar Allan Poe as an example. These books were written long ago and can legally be used by writers and others in any way they want.

I am not a lawyer and do not want to give a lot of advice as to what you can or can't use, so check out these rules for using public domain materials.

The purpose of this site is to show you how you might use public domain materials to create your own books, for the most part. And before you start screaming "foul" and criticize anyone who would do so, understand that Walt Disney made use of public domain stories to create an empire.