Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the U.S. This means all books, films, songs and art ...

By law, all films, music, and books created in the United States are protected under copyright. But copyrights eventually ...

A new year means a new start, and for some pieces of media, it means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most ...

The properties entering the public domain in 2025 were first released in 1929—or, in the case of sound recordings, 1924. Here’s an incomplete list: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (Book) ...

Yesterday was Public Domain Day and Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain has the scoop on what work ...

"Tintin enters the U.S. public domain in 2025 but is still copyrighted in the E.U. until 2054, because the author died in ...

At the turn of the new year, several pieces of classic media entered the public domain, making them free to use by anyone.

and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character ...