Every year on January 1 — Public Domain Day — a fresh batch of books, films, and characters enter the public domain. That means their original versions are no longer under copyright and can be reused, ...

With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, and André Derain are shedding their copyright protections and entering the public domain in the United States, ...

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 — ...

Jan. 1 is Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. The works of art, music, ...