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

After laying off its 10-person team and cutting its hours ahead of the new year, the Pacific Tsunami Museum (PTM) in Hilo, ...

A few days ago, we all welcomed in another new year, but did you know that Jan. 1 each year is also public domain day? On ...

A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to Hemingway and Faulkner.

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

Ring in the New Year by exploring the artistic treasures now in the public domain! Discover how iconic works by Matisse, ...

In the U.S., the length of copyright protection for works published before 1978 is 95 years. That means works from 1929 and ...

When works go into the public domain, they can legally be shared without permission or fee. Community theaters can screen the ...

List of popular intellectual property entering the public domain in 2025 Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...

In 2025, the works unbound from copyright cap off the 1920s with literature, characters and more from 1929 entering the ...

It's January, and for people in the US, that means the same thing it's meant every January since 2019: a new batch of ...