Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke University’s Center for the Public Domain, joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk ...

A vast array of 1929 works of art including movies, books, journals, magazines, lectures, sermons, maps, music, fine art, and ...

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

From Buñuel's masterpiece Un Chien Andalou to DeMille's Dynamite, these movies will enter the public domain in 2025.

After laying off its 10-person team and cutting its hours ahead of the new year, the Pacific Tsunami Museum (PTM) in Hilo, ...

The lyrics and music to Tiptoe Through the Tulips will be free for anyone to copy, perform, record, adapt, or interpolate into their own song” ...

It’s become an annual ritual: Every Jan. 1, more classic works of art or characters enter the public domain, and exploitation filmmakers with a tiny budget and a big taste for grisliness are ...

A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to Hemingway and Faulkner.

Popeye the Sailor is strong to the finish ’cause he eats his spinach and now he’s entered the public domain alongside thousands of other copyrighted works. This means the character is free to copy, ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...

The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside a bevy of other songs, characters and literature first published in the mid-1920s. This year, Virginia ...