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See the [[CC0 FAQ]] and [[PDM FAQ|Public Domain Mark FAQ]] for further information about these [[public domain]] tools.

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! style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" | Features || style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" | Public Domain Mark || style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" | CC0 Public Domain Dedication
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| Nature of tool || Label for works already in the worldwide public domain  || Tool that effectively places a work in the worldwide public domain
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| Who may use	 || Anyone with knowledge || Rights holder (“affirmer”) 
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| Scope	 || [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Copyright, including all related and neighboring rights] || [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Copyright, including all related and neighboring rights] 
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| Legal status of work to which tool may be applied || Any work that is already free of known copyright worldwide, including all neighboring and related rights
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NB: the PDM deed notes that moral rights may persist
 || Any work that is restricted by affirmer’s copyright or neighboring and related rights, in one or more jurisdiction(s)
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| Definition of related and neighboring rights  || Not provided (PDM does not have accompanying legal code)
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NB:  CC does not recommend PDM for use with databases that are unrestricted by copyright but are restricted by sui generis database rights
 || Yes, an illustrative and non exhaustive list of any and all such rights however characterized is contained in Section 1 of the CC0 [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode legal code], and includes sui generis database rights 
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| Person(s) whose rights are affected upon application of tool || None, PDM is not legally operative || Rights of the affirmer only; no effect on the right(s) of third parties  
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| Rights affected upon application of tool || None, PDM is not legally operative || All of affirmer’s copyright and related and neighboring rights are unconditionally waived or licensed (where waiver is not effective) 
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| Rights that may exist/persist after application || Moral and other related and neighboring rights that persist post-expiration of applicable copyright term (but note, PDM does not attempt to affect those rights) || Moral and other related and neighboring rights of affirmer that are not waivable or licensable
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Any and all third party rights 
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| Effect on work itself upon application || None, PDM is not legally operative but instead labels a work already free of known copyright and related and neighboring rights through means such as expiration of  term of applicable copyright term || Places work as closely as possible in the public domain, worldwide
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