Assertion: copyright | /r/CapableOf | pass into public domain
Facets:
value: long since
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: For example, a "Shakespeare play" is the kind of thing that can be copyrighted, but it has long since passed into the public domain (in fact, it was written at a time in English history when there was no such thing as "copyright" in any event).
text: Drawing these distinctions is necessary, but often challenging for the courts and lawyers, especially in jurisdictions where patents and copyrights pass into the public domain, depending on the jurisdiction.