This is not a real company, it means that copyright has expired on the composition pursuant to various copyright laws. It's not to be entered as a (pseudo-)publisher.
Please note: it does not mean that copyright has expired on the recorded music. Copyright laws differ from country to country.
Please use this profile as a "catch-all" for all cases where "Public Domain" appears in a company role (most often, it appears in conjunction with copyrights). Please don't guess a role for this, only use the credit displayed on release.
Please also mention the way that "Public Domain" appears in the release notes.
This might also be used for any variant display, such as:
- DP
- D.P.
- Domaine
- Domaine Publique
- Dominio Público
- PD
- P D
- P.D.
- P. D.
- P. Domain
- Pub. Dom.
- Public D.
- Public Dom.
- Ed. P.D.
and other variations in different languages.
Note:
D.R. is for "Droits Réservés" [=Rights Reserved, in French], and it's something else.
