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 ...

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 copyright-free status of that 1931 strip, however, doesn’t unlock the whole Popeye character until Public Domain Day.

Every year, the world celebrates the first of January as Public Domain Day, marking the release of copyrighted works into the public domain. In 2024, ...

Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke University’s Center for the Public Domain, joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk ...

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection ...

That depiction of Mickey is now copyright-free; the ur-Mickey depicted in the Walt Disney short "Steamboat Willie" entered the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024, but later depictions such as the white ...

The public domain works by keeping works under copyright protection for a set period of time. Once that time expires, anyone is free to use and build upon it in the public domain. These rules were ...

will have to wait a little longer for a copyright-free Tintin. Since Hergé died in 1983, the EU won’t see Tintin in the public domain until 2054, according to Duke University. There will be an ...

Novels by Ernest Hemingway, left, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck figure prominently in this year's trove of newly copyright-free literary works. (Associated Press) ...

This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to the public domain — that is ... artistically significant works to become copyright-free. That means they become available for ...