In 2025, a mountain of work dated to between 1924 to 1929 will enter the US public domain, including some well-known and beloved songs that are still regularly performed today. Thousands of ...

Early Hitchcock and Disney films, song 'Singin' in the Rain,' “A Farewell to Arms”, and more enter public domain in 2025 All of the films, books, art, and sound recordings released in the ...

A series of classic songs and musical arrangements have entered the Public Domain this year; here are just a few of them.

Once a work enters the public domain it can legally be shared, performed, reused, repurposed or sampled without permission or cost.

Beyond music, there's some surprising films, books, plays and characters that are entering the public domain, including several works that feature Mickey Mouse and Popeye.

All of the films, books, art, and sound recordings released in the entire decade of the 1920s are now officially part of the public domain.