Here are the books and characters newly joining the list of works in the public domain in 2025. Latest U.S.

But 2025 is not far behind with several iconic books, characters and more freely available for public use. This year will see works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 entering the public domain.

Here are the works of art entering the public domain in 2024, including the Mickey Mouse short films 'Steamboat Willie' and 'Plane Crazy,' the book Orlando by Vrigina Woolf, and the song 'Let's Do ...

As their copyrights expire, books, music and films - from Sherlock Holmes and "The Great Gatsby," to Walt Disney's original Mickey Mouse - enter the public domain, inspiring new creative ideas ...

Steamboat Willie, lMickey Mouse, 1928). Many iconic copyrighted works (most notably, Mickey Mouse) that were first published prior to 1929 fell into the public domain in the United States starting ...