Public domain, where art lives after copyright 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 ...

List of popular intellectual property entering the public domain in 2025 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 ...

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.

Cecil Hepworth (entering public domain in countries with copyright of “life plus 70 years”) J. R. R. Tolkien (entering public domain in countries with copyright of “life plus 50 years”) ...

Art World From Escher to Mickey Mouse, Here Are the Artistic Gems Entering the Public Domain in 2024 In some countries, the works of Picabia and Picasso have joined the public domain.

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, 2025.

Since 2011, the online journal and not-for-profit project Public Domain Review has been dedicated to exploring, researching, and cataloguing copyright-free historical material from across art ...

This year’s crop of newly public artistic creations lacks the landmark vibes of last year’s entrance of into the public domain of Mickey Mouse. But they include a deep well of canonical works ...

Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain this year, but Disney’s iconic rodent mascot isn’t the only piece of intellectual property you can use however you like as of January 1, 2024. Here ...

That’s public domain, baby. Every January 1, a bunch of old works of literature, music and art enter the public domain, meaning that no one holds exclusive rights to the work anymore.