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 Library of Congress will host Dav Pilkey, the No. 1 worldwide bestselling author and acclaimed illustrator of the global phenomenon “Dog Man” ...

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 ...

He has won 51 South Carolina Press Association awards for his coverage of crime, race, justice, and people. He is author of the book “Slice of Dys” and his work is in the U.S. Library of Congress.

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 ...