Normally when a government extends a piece of copyright law we expect it to be in the favour of commercial interests with ...

I’m talking, of course, about public domain and the intricacies of copyright law. A few years ago, a 20-year moratorium on published works entering the public domain in the US ended, and now ...

The short led to Bosko starring in Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons from 1930 through 1933, a total 39 titles, but the first of those will not enter public domain until 2026.

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 ...

It's January, and for people in the US, that means the same thing it's meant every January since 2019: a new batch of previously copyrighted works have entered the public domain.

But, in the U.S., commissioned works including books and other media published between 1924 and 1978 enter the public domain 95 years after they were released, meaning that works published in 1929 ...

"It's just the second part of copyright's life cycle." What's entering the public domain in 2026? 2026 will be another exciting year for the public domain with works from 1930 losing their copyright.

Other notable literary works now in public domain include A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway, Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie and The Sound and ...

Characters such as 'Popeye,' 'Buck Rogers,' and 'Tintin' are among the list of works falling into the public domain as of 2025. This as the copyright expires on works produced in 1929.