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In fact many of these uncopyrighted bits of musical vernacular were appropriated by the hymnbook makers, and christened with such titles as “Pembroke,” “Arabia,” “Brymgfryd,” “Cwyfan,” “Thydian,” and the two mentioned above.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

Lovell has been described as a book pirate who tried to form a monopoly in the cheap uncopyrighted book trade.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

But the copyrighting of a photograph of an uncopyrighted subject cannot prevent the photographing of the same subject independently by others, nor can the use of a "general idea" be prevented.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers

The opera being uncopyrighted, was published entire by an enterprising Englishman from Dublin by the name of Walsh.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

J. Caldwell, 121 F. R. 71 Original photograph of uncopyrighted or uncopyrightable subject protected, 241 1903 Dodge v.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers