Adaptations of Holmes stories are exploding now that the detective is in the public domain. Critics believe it should have ...

There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 ...

A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to ...

By law, all films, music, and books created in the United States are protected under copyright. But copyrights eventually ...

In the U.S., the length of copyright protection for works published before 1978 is 95 years. That means works from 1929 and ...

As we welcome 2025, everyone can also welcome these iconic works as they entered the public domain in the U.S.

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 ...

With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo and André Derain are entering the public ...

Yesterday was Public Domain Day and Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain has the scoop on what work ...

All of the films, books, art, and sound recordings released in the entire decade of the 1920s are now officially part of the ...

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 ...