Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a concurrent holiday: Public Domain Day.

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

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Yoshio Taniguchi died this past month on December 16 after battling pneumonia. News of Taniguchi’s passing was confirmed by ...

Every year, several famous works of art enter the public domain, which essentially means, those things are no longer ...

Greek mythology has been reflected in paintings and hundreds of vivid works that have come to be considered masterpieces.

Some of the properties headed into the public domain on Jan. 1 include the first Marx Brothers' film, William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and the first appearances of Popeye the Sailor Man.

John Foster from Mentor Public Library will explore one of World War II’s most famous and crucial episodes – the sinking of The Bismarck – during a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the ...

Claude Monet’s ‘Impression, Sunrise’ is one of the most famous and beautiful seascapes in art history. The painting shows the port of Le Havre, Monet’s hometown, covered in the soft ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on January 1. That means they can be used and ...

“Teahouse” is the most famous work of post-1949 Chinese theater. Written by Shu Qingchun — better known by his pen name, Lao ...

the director of Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, which spends months poring over records to compile the most famous examples. Once in the public domain, these works become fodder ...