Happy Public Domain Day! Today works from 1927 are in the US public domain: Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes stories, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, an epic pie fight, a song about ice cream, Puttin’ on the Ritz. See what’s on tap for 2023 web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…

WNYC’s All of It is running a great contest! Submit a recording of public domain material by Feb 13 for a chance to be on the show. You can cover pre-1928 Gershwin, write a Sherlock song, set a Langston Hughes poem to music, and more. #publicdomainday wnyc.org/story/public-s…

For inspiration, here’s a great cover of Puttin’ on the Ritz by Damien Riehl youtube.com/watch?v=oRUTE2…

January 1 2024 is Public Domain Day! Works from 1928 go into the US public domain: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman, Cole Porter’s Let’s Do It;+ sound recordings from 1923 & much more!  web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…

On 1/1/2024, Mickey Mouse will enter the US public domain! What can you do with him? Does Disney still hold copyrights over later iterations of Mickey? Does trademark law play a role? The answer, ironically, is distinctly mouse-shaped. Learn more web.law.duke.edu/cspd/mickey/

It's almost #publicdomainday! Here's a preview of what will be public domain in the US on Jan 1 2024. More at web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…

Jennifer Jenkins, head of Public Domain Center and Lessig 🇺🇦 talk to CBS Saturday morning about Mickey Mouse entering the public domain! x.com/cbssaturday/st…

Only one day until Public Domain Day 2024! Watch Public Domain Center Director Jennifer Jenkins talk with Jo Ling Kent about #publicdomainday on the CBS evening news youtube.com/watch?v=M_ePdl…

Today is #publicdomainday 2024! Works from 1928 and sound recordings from 1923 are public domain in the US. See what's on tap web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…

Every #publicdomainday is a time capsule. What’s in this year’s? Listen to Public Domain Center director Jenkins discuss with Morning Edition the striking similarity between 1928’s debates about sexuality, gender fluidity, and censorship and those we are having today npr.org/2024/01/01/122…

Mickey finds his voice! Clara Bow takes a bow. Which cartoon characters hit the public domain next? For all this and more, click here for the very first edition of our Public Domain Newsletter. web.law.duke.edu/cspd/newslette…

Gatsby, Sherlock, and Mickey, oh my! CBS comes to Duke for CSPD Director Jennifer Jenkins’ cinematic tour of how the public domain feeds and shapes our culture cbsnews.com/video/public-d…

Public Domain Day is less than a month away! What’s entering the US public domain in 2025? Here’s a sneak peek from Duke’s CSPD! youtu.be/Au2V4BYRjqs?fe…

It’s almost #publicdomainday 2025! What will be in the US public domain Jan 1? Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924. Popeye, Tintin, a dozen Mickey cartoons, A Farewell to Arms, Bolero, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Singin’ in the Rain... web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…

Happy #publicdomainday 2025! What entered the US public domain Jan 1? Popeye, Tintin, novels from Faulkner & Hemingway, Singin’ in the Rain…Find out more, with download links and a remarkable new discovery about Popeye web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…

What can you do with public domain music? Ask Disney! Watch how Mickey cartoons from 1929 – now in the public domain – brilliantly used public domain music youtu.be/K6DkWZ9HnwA

TikTok lovers, think you know all the great dance moves? Get ready to dance like it’s 1929! Watch incredible sequences from movies and cartoons that just became public domain in 2025 youtu.be/pEw5_VmMGps

From Popeye to Singin’ in the Rain – CBS Mornings talks to CSPD Director Jennifer Jenkins about Public Domain Day 2025! youtube.com/watch?v=KBCCsF…