What is entering the public domain in 2025? Although this is not a full list of works, here are some of the most notable examples, according to the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Public domain, where art lives after copyright For nearly four decades, United Airlines licensed George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" to be its musical identity. In 2020, however, Gershwin's jazzy ...

Sound recordings Thanks to the Music Modernization Act, recordings of songs that have exceeded a 100-year time-span now enter the public domain, and 1924 had some gramophone-shaking belters, here ...

Nietzsche greatly admired Greek philosophy, which significantly influenced his ideas about life and human nature.

Batman, who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 on March 30, 1939, will enter the public domain in 2035. James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios plan to launch a massive shared universe.

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 ...

Characters like Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, even Winnie the Pooh have all entered the public domain in recent years. But Masnick says this year promises to be a big one.

January 1, 2024 is the day Disney's grip on US copyright law lessens ever so slightly: but what does Steamboat Willie 's entry into public domain actually mean?

For example, when Superman enters the public domain in 2033, new character variations must be based on how he appeared in DC Comics' "Action Comics #1" in 1938.

Even if you're not one for getting dressed up and going out to ring in the new year, there's still something to celebrate on Jan. 1: a new batch of copyrighted works entering the public domain. In ...