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 lyrics and music to Tiptoe Through the Tulips will be free for anyone to copy, perform, record, adapt, or interpolate ...
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 about the thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 entering the US ...
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 ...
The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and repurposed ...
The Marx Brothers’ first movie, the early iterations of the comic strip character Popeye, and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell To Arms” are all entering the public domain on Jan. 1 ...
The spinach-fueled sailor is one of many characters and works that will lose their copyright status and enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. While the minutiae of copyright law is ...