WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective ...

A “Sherlock Holmes” book, the first film to win the Oscars’ top prize and a classic ditty by Irving Berlin are among the thousands of books, films and musical compositions entering the US ...

Metropolis, the Sherlock Holmes character, and musical compositions like “Puttin’ on the Ritz” among the works entering the public domain today.