A new year means a new start, and for some pieces of media, it means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle, the directors at the Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain, clarified that this doesn’t mean users have total free reign when it comes to these pieces of ...

The Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution includes the first ten amendments ... that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public ...

and those newly in the public domain date to 1924. They include a recording of “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” from future star and civil rights icon Marian Anderson, and “Rhapsody in ...

also known as the "Parents' Bill of Rights," a proposal that focuses on sexual content, parental notification, and religious instruction in schools. The bill passed the Ohio House in June of 2023 ...

On Dec. 15, 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, a set of 10 amendments to the original U.S. Constitution. This step fulfilled a promise made to Anti-Federalists — who ...

For instance, The Sound and the Fury, which many consider to be William Faulkner’s Mangum Opus, enters the public domain next year, as well. Despite making for challenging reading, the novel tells the ...

For many, January 1st is just the start of a new year, but it’s also Public Domain Day. This means numerous types of creative work are now available to the public to use as they want, for better or ...

Popeye the Sailor is strong to the finish ’cause he eats his spinach and now he’s entered the public domain alongside thousands of other copyrighted works. This means the character is free to copy, ...