Public Domain works for AdSense content

Are you an expert of some classic piece of literature? Do you think that you could produce an original AdSense webste from something old? If so, the material from public domain works could be for you.

 

What are public domain works?

Public domain works are articles, books, videos and pictures whose copyrights have expired. And because their copyrights have not been renewed, they enter the public domain.

What does this mean?

Well, for example every published works in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain. Also all non-renewed material from 1923-1963 falls into the category of public domain works. So classics from Shakespeare, Homer, the Sherlock Holmes mysteries and much much more are all public domain material.

Public domain works are free

What this means is that these works are free to be used by everyone and anyone. They can be used without worrying about paying commission or violating copyright laws. You can use the information contained within public domain works in anyway you choose. You could even, reinvent and repackage some of the material for your AdSense website.

Don't be put off because the material is free. The fact is that hundreds of thousands of people buy public domain works as books. As long as the material is relevant to someone it is potentially sellable.

Public Domain falls into four main categories:

• Generic information. These works contain information in the form of facts, numbers, titles, records, etc...
• Donated public works. Some copyright holders give away their works freely to the public to use as they wish.
• Works by the government or its agents.
• And works that have simply fallen into the public domain due to time: These are normally formerly copyrighted material that just expired and were not renewed.

Where you can get public domain material

Various organizations work towards compiling the material into a format that the public can use. One such organization is called Project Gutenberg, they have been responsible for putting a large number of public domain material together. 
Examples of the works they have put together include:

• Egyptian Ideas of Future Life: E A Wallis Budge
• Kama Sutra: Vatsyayana
• Manual of Surgery: Alexander Miles and Alexis Thomson

You can visit the site and see what the project has to offer at:http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

You could potentially create an AdSense website with hundreds of pages based on any one of these books. You could also use them as freebies or bonuses. With a little invention and creativity you could create enticing, unique AdSense content that can draw in decent levels of traffic.