A new year brings lots of new things — including a new batch of entries into the public domain. 2025’s list includes ...

Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use ...

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 famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey ...

Famously, the original Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain last year, and people everywhere ...

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 ...

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.

characters that have previously entered the public domain are getting access to new (old) material. For Mickey Mouse, a dozen more short films have entered the public domain, including his first ...

This helps enable both access to and preservation of cultural materials that might otherwise be lost to history. Jennifer ...