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A Little Secret About Public Domain Treasures

By:Manjit Kaur


I bet this little secret is going to get YOU excited…..just like it did me. I just discovered public domain treasures and it’s a perfect business opportunity for many new internet entrepreneurs.

Did you know there’s a little known loophole in US law that allows anyone to distribute, resell or give away expired copyrighted content? Officially, its called public domain, and savvy marketers “borrow” it to publish instant products.

Public domain refers to anything that is NOT protected under US copyright law. This includes all works published before 1923 and under certain conditions, works published up to 1978. A “work” can be anything, a book, movies, plays, songs, photographs, instruction manuals, posters, courses, reports, etc. You could take these works, repackage them and sell them for a profit. By tapping into public domain content, all the nitty gritty work has been done for you.

There are almost an endless number of ways that you can make money with public domain content. Let me suggest 10 different models you can use to activate and tap the public domain treasures.

Model 1: Resell It.

You can re-publish public domain content exactly as it is. Whether it’s a book, a movie or even music, you can take this content and quickly turn it into a product. Just copy it as it is and start selling it.

Model 2: Website Content

You can take the text of the public domain work which relates to a product you are selling or an affiliate program that you are promoting. You then create web pages and include links back to your product page.

Model 3: Repackage

You can repackage a public domain work into a new product. You can use the ideas and some of the content of public domain works to create new and better products.

Eg. Walt Disney characters Snow White, the Little Mermaid were all stories from the public domain.

Model 4: Multimedia

You can change the books in print into a CD or even a video set. Add to the perceived value of the product by offering ways to consume the information. What was once simply a “book” can now be a complete home study course or training program.

Eg. The famous “Think

About the Author

You’ll find step-by-step advice on 19 killer internet business and internet marketing models as marketed by TOP internet Entrepreneurs at www.e-HomeBiz.net . It is one of a kind mini-encyclopedia with Master Resell Rights.

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