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Here are the books and characters newly joining the list of works in the public domain in 2025. ... protection typically lasts for the author's life plus 70 years. "The public domain doesn't ...
Unpublished works by authors who died in 1949 entered the public domain on 1 January 2020. [3] Any published literary, artistic, dramatic, or musical work (other than computer programs) by a not generally known author (anonymous or pseudonymous) from 1949 also entered the public domain on that date.
Additionally, unpublished works whose authors died in 1950 entered the public domain. No sound recordings entered the public domain; under the Music Modernization Act, those published in 1925 will not enter the public domain until 2026. [4] However, all musical compositions published in 1925 entered the public domain in 2021.
Notable films entering the public domain in the United States included Don Juan (one of the early sound films) and The Son of the Sheik (Rudolph Valentino's final film). Unpublished works by authors who died in 1951 entered the public domain. Minecraft’s End Poem written by Julian Gough was released into the public domain under Creative ...
Unpublished works whose authors died in 1952 entered the public domain. Notable films entering the public domain in the United States include Metropolis, [5] the first feature talkie The Jazz Singer, the first Academy Award for Best Picture winner Wings, the lost film London After Midnight, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Napoléon, Alfred ...
Unpublished works whose authors died in 1953 entered the public domain. The earliest incarnations of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse entered the public domain work in 2024 through Steamboat Willie and the silent versions of Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho. The sound versions of the latter two shorts have entered the public domain in 2025. [8]
This category is for books that are in the public domain worldwide. Please only add categories for books published before the 19th century and articles directly related to the subject of public domain books to this category. Because the copyright status of books published since the 19th century varies by country, articles about books published ...
In countries where works enter the public domain 20 years after the death of the creator (such as Libya) [citation needed] the following authors' works will be in the public domain in 2014. Charizma, American hip hop artist. Léo Ferré, French poet and composer. William Golding, English poet, novelist and playwright best known for Lord of the ...