If he did not, the work passed into the public domain. 如果他放弃，该作品则流入公共领域。
Their ability to misspend easily rivals the public sector. 他们错误地使用资金已经危害到了公共领域。
Shakespeare's plays are in the public domain. 莎士比亚的剧本不受版权限制。
In most countries, however, that happens automatically by default, so you need to place your changes explicitly in the public domain if you do not want them to be copyrighted. 在许多国家这默认是需要的，所以要是你不想他们受版权限制的话，你需要明确地把你的修改置于公共领域。
