A few days ago, we all welcomed in another new year, but did you know that Jan. 1 each year is also public domain day? On ...

Popeye and Tintin, as well work from several literary classics, are now a part of the public domain. New Year’s Day isn’t ...

The ancient manuscript rested on the shelves of the Newberry Library for more than a century. Little was known about the bound book from colonial ... the Library of Congress analyzed the papers ...

Last week, in a powerful address at the International Publishers Association Congress in Guadalajara ... More than 50,000 books were destroyed. Seven people were killed.” Matviichuk pointed ...

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

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...

Prior to the evacuation of New York, Congress instructed General Washington ... Image Credit: British Crown copyright: Public Record Office, London. This document may be copied and downloaded ...

It contains books scanned as part of the Google Books project that are no longer protected by copyright ... is also working with the Boston Public Library to scan millions of articles from ...

Last year, it was Mickey Mouse. This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to the public domain — that is, shedding his core copyright ...

The ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress cosponsored a lecture with the Library ... a website that posts volunteer readings of books in the public domain and catalogues them for easy ...

Jamaican born African American nationalist Marcus Garvey, circa, 1920. Image via Library of Congress. A group of 21 House Democrats signed a letter urging the president to exonerate former civil ...