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

Every day, people are reaping the benefits of work by scientists and engineers to make more effective X-ray machines, ...

From Buñuel's masterpiece Un Chien Andalou to DeMille's Dynamite, these movies will enter the public domain in 2025.

Infrastructure Advances Data Center Safety and Releases Breaker Guard Design into Public Domain The Breaker Guard was ...

What started with “Winnie The Pooh” has made its way to the latest public domain horror movie: “Peter Pan.” That’s right.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The Sound and the Fury,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Maltese Falcon' lose their copyright protection on Jan. 1, and it's ...