public use(Public use is a legal requirement under the takings clause ("nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation") of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, that owners of property seized by eminent domain for "public use" be paid "just compensation". WK Alexander Demidov)
become public property(When A Personal Life Becomes Public Property | because it isn't true that something becomes public property when it's been posted in a chat forum or social networking site, and the owners of this forum could ... | ... in the public eye. This concerns the process by which a discovered antiquity becomes public property or otherwise enters the public domain. Alexander Demidov)