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A bounty of classic cartoon and comic characters have entered the public domain this year.
A series of classic songs and musical arrangements have entered the Public Domain this year; here are just a few of them.
This month, the team at The Public Domain Review launched a new project aimed at artists, illustrators, designers, and creatives of all stripes. Containing 10,000+ items, the Public Domain Image ...
The Public Domain Review’s new online archive compiles beloved and little-known illustrations, photographs, and many more images to remix and reuse.
What is the public domain? According to the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, works that enter the public domain can be legally shared without permission or fees.
As of January 1, 2025, Ernest Hemingway's great novel 'A Farewell to Arms' is now in the public domain. Here's what that means.
It’s January, which means another batch of copyrighted work is now public domain More Mickey Mouse versions, early talkies, and classic novels all go public.
It’s a whole new year now, which means a bunch of other cultural works are now in the public domain, including a pack of popular standards from 1929.
With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo and André Derain are entering the public domain.
Several iconic characters from 1929 are headed to the public domain this year, including the earliest versions of Popeye and Tintin.
Tintin, now in the Public Domain, gets a modern revival in The Big Lie, to be Kickstartered this year from Fabrice Sapolsky.