Jennifer Jenkins, Director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain and clinical professor of law at Duke Law School ...
On January 1, 2026, copyrights will expire for comics, books, movies, musical compositions and other creative works from 1930 ...
In a kind of copyright twofer, a film called “Cimarron,” and the book it was based on, are now in the public domain. The film ...
Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.
As 2026 begins, so does a new chapter for creativity. Thousands of books, films, songs and works of art from the early 20th ...
Thousands of works from 1930 are now in the public domain for anyone's use, including original, recognizable figures such as ...
Four songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and many more are among the intellectual properties that have ...
Among those things being put into the public domain is the iconic official Georgia state song, “Georgia on My Mind.” The song ...
US copyright law is kinda complicated, but as a rule, films generally remain under copyright for a period of 95 years, ...
A look at some of the works going into the public domain in 2026, like the characters Betty Boop and Miss Marple, the first film adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front" and many classic songs ...