It’s become an annual ritual: Every Jan. 1, more classic works of art or characters enter the public domain, and exploitation filmmakers with a tiny budget and a big taste for grisliness are ...

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The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside a bevy of other songs, characters and literature first published in the mid-1920s. This year, Virginia ...

In 1787, the founding fathers agreed that copyrights should only last for a limited amount of time in order to “promote the progress of science and useful arts.” Over two centuries later, that ...

Other 1929 songs now in the public domain include Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, and Andy Paul Razaf’s “Ain’t Misbehavin'” and “(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue,” as well as George ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Popeye and Tintin, as well work from several literary classics, are now a part of the public domain. New Year's Day isn't just the start of the new year, but it's also "Public ...

It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian ...

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 ...

Other notable Disney works in the public domain in 2025 are Disney’s first “Silly Symphony” short, titled “The Skeleton Dance,” directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks.

If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. Happy Public Domain Day! Starting today, January 1, you can legally access, adapt, remix, and republish ...