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Spoilers ahead... but mostly only what you see on the covers. Because this Wednesday sees the publication of I Hate Fairyland ...

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

It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created ...

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

At the turn of the new year, several pieces of classic media entered the public domain, making them free to use by anyone.

From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public ...

The properties entering the public domain in 2025 were first released in 1929—or, in the case of sound recordings, 1924. Here’s an incomplete list: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (Book) ...

While not starring Mickey Mouse, there’s another Disney animated short that will soon enter the Public Domain in 2025 as well: The Skeleton Dance. This first installment in the Silly Symphony ...

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...