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My friend and I are writing a screenplay. In it we might use the exact from Shakespeare’s works. Is this copyright infringement? Do we need to obtain rights to use his work in our film or do those not exist?

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An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (20 minutes after post)

lol i dont think shakespear will mind he’s been dead a few 100 years.
I think after 50 years things go public domain. but you best google and check it.

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An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (20 minutes after post)

i usually just let my lawyers deal with things that might be a bit iffy for a project

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An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (1 hour, 12 minutes after post)

A list of Public Domain resources.
http://banis-associates.com/pdlist/

According to MIT.edu - The HTML versions of the plays provided here are placed in the public domain.
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/works.html

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An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 3 weeks ago (6 days, 4 hours after post)

As long as your not making money off of it then it’s ‘fair use’ to use copyrighted material.

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