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There's A Fortune To Be Made In The Public Domain...

By: Paul Sanford, Sat Dec 10th, 2005 11:14:17 AM

Don’t worry. We have all done it so there is absolutely nothing to feel guilty about. Daydreaming on the job is nothing new—in fact, its perfectly normal.

As we plow through the tedium that is the workday it is natural to look ahead and try to envision a future filled with countless weeks of the same. But what is at the end of that road?

Living on a fixed income is no way to spend the Golden Years, now is it?

Letting the television wash over us at the end of the day we are bombarded with images of people selling their books and inventions.

Ah, if only we were one of those people, right?

Royalties and licensing rights streaming into our bank accounts every month is positively beautiful, isn’t it? Does a smile creep across your face when you dream of it? No more bosses to please and an end to awakening to the drone of that infernal alarm clock! You can almost taste it, can’t you?

Do you want that life, that American Dream? Then I have just two words for you: Public Domain.

What is the Public Domain and how in the world can it possibly lead to royalties and licensing fees streaming into your bank account?

Without resorting to a terribly dry and legal definition, Public Domain is essentially this: anything not protected under U.S. copyright law is said to be part of the Public Domain. Published works prior to 1923 are considered part of the Public Domain.

In certain circumstances, some works published all the way up to 1978 are included as well.

But friends, this is not limited to just books! Music, plays, posters, instruction manuals, movies and even courses also fall into this definition of works and the list goes on and on!

Simply put, the Public Domain is loaded with works that can be re-published, re-released and re-packaged by you with no large cash outlay for licensing rights or royalties!

Just think about it: you need not spend untold hours locked away in some office hacking away at the computer to write that novel or screenplay in order to enjoy the same benefit of receiving monies from the sale of every book or screening of your movie!

The work is already done for you! Worried about the cost of having the book published? Why not transcribe it onto the Internet and sell it as an e-book?

The possibilities are endless, the investment of both time and capital is minimal, and all of it is out there for the taking in the Public Domain!

The days of daydreaming on the clock are over so get out there and make use of the Public Domain to make your visions of the future a reality!

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