public domain

dominio público

Obras o inventos que cualquiera puede usar porque no están protegidos por derechos de autor ni patentes.

En inglés sencillo: Books, images, or inventions that anyone may use because copyright or patent rules do not protect them.

• This painting is in the public domain.
• Her early novels have entered the public domain.
• Can we use music from the public domain?

Cómo se usa: in the public domain (The old illustration is in the public domain.); enter the public domain (The poem will enter the public domain next year.)

Expresiones frecuentes: the public domain, public domain works, public domain images

conocimiento público

Situación de una información que todos conocen o pueden consultar y que no se mantiene en secreto.

En inglés sencillo: The state of being known or available to everyone, rather than kept secret.

• The facts are in the public domain.
• These documents entered the public domain last week.
• How much information is now in the public domain?

Cómo se usa: in the public domain (The figures are already in the public domain.); into the public domain (The investigation brought those details into the public domain.)

Sinónimos: public knowledge

Expresiones frecuentes: the public domain, in the public domain

dominio público

Situación de algo que no pertenece a nadie y que cualquiera puede usar.

En inglés sencillo: The state of belonging to nobody, so anyone can use it.

• The resource is in the public domain.
• They placed their shared collection in the public domain.
• Does this material belong in the public domain?

Cómo se usa: in the public domain (These shared resources are in the public domain.)

Expresiones frecuentes: the public domain, in the public domain

tierras públicas

Terrenos mantenidos para el público que no se han cedido ni vendido a propietarios privados.

En inglés sencillo: Land held for the public that has not been given or sold to a private owner.

• The valley remained in the public domain.
• Settlers claimed land from the public domain.
• The survey identified acres still in the public domain.

Cómo se usa: in the public domain (Those western lands remained in the public domain.)

Sinónimos: public land

Expresiones frecuentes: the public domain, public domain land