29 Dec, 2023 Mickey Mouse (Version 1.0) Enters the Public Domain in the U.S. By Brian Murphy So, it is happening. The animated short “Steamboat Willie,” which was released in 1928 and features an early version of Mickey Mouse,...
28 Dec, 2022 Works Published in 1927 Enter the Public Domain in the U.S. By Brian Murphy In 1927, Calvin Coolidge was president, the first commercial flight of Pan American Airways took off (leaving Key West bound for Havana),...
24 Dec, 2021 Works from 1926 (and Pre-1923 Sound Recordings) Enter the Public Domain in the U.S. By Brian Murphy On January 1, 2022, all literary works, compositions, and films first published in 1926, and all pre-1923 sound recordings, will enter...
03 Jan, 2021 1925 Was an Annus Mirabilis for Culture By Brian Murphy Goodbye, 2020, a total annus horribilis, if ever one there was. Hello, 2021, a year in which there is reason to be cautiously optimistic...
19 Mar, 2020 Is "This Land is Your Land" in the Public Domain? By Brian Murphy In 2004 - four Presidential election cycles ago - the website JibJab posted a wildly popular video in which animated versions of...
04 Jan, 2019 The Enrichment of the Public Domain By Brian Murphy At 12:01 am on January 1st, while some were watching celebrated news anchors doing tequila shots live from Times Square, something...