Nearly 280 filmmakers entered the Internet Archive's annual contest celebrating creative freedom without copyright restrictions.

Key Takeaways - Public Domain Day 2026 releases thousands of creative works for free use. As of January 1, literary works ...

What do "I Got Rhythm," "The Maltese Falcon," and "The Little Engine That Could" have in common? They all went into the ...

Brilliant movies from 1930, like Greta Garbo's Anna Christie and Marlene Dietrich's The Blue Angel, are scheduled to enter ...

The beginning of 2026 brought new copyrighted items entering the public domain, including multiple iconic Disney cartoons and characters ...

WikiFlix is straightforward to use, right from the homepage. It tracks films added to sites such as Wikimedia Commons, ...

As 2026 begins, so does a new chapter for creativity. Thousands of books, films, songs and works of art from the early 20th ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of ...

A host of characters, movies, and songs created in the early 1930s will enter the public domain at midnight on Jan. 1, 2026.

The song, most widely known because of Ray Charles, will now be free to use.