publicdomain

Jan
04
Winnie-the-Pooh, Bambi, and more enter public domain

Winnie-the-Pooh, Bambi, and more enter public domain

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh and early sound recordings enter public domain – The Verge This past January 1st some really big works entered
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Dec
30
Public Domain Day is coming!

Public Domain Day is coming!

On January 1, 2021, copyrighted works from 1925 will enter the US public domain,1 where they will be free
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Mar
05
Smithsonian releases 2.8 million images into public domain - with more to come

Smithsonian releases 2.8 million images into public domain - with more to come

For the first time in its 174-year history, the Smithsonian has released 2.8 million high-resolution two- and three-dimensional images
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Feb
13
100,000 images for the Paris Museum of Art are now available online.

100,000 images for the Paris Museum of Art are now available online.

Paris Musées announced yesterday that it is now offering 100,000 digital reproductions of artworks in the city’s museums
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Jan
18
New in the public domain for 2020!

New in the public domain for 2020!

Starting on Jan. 1, anyone can legally remix George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, screen Buster Keaton’s silent films,
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Aug
20
73% of books released between 1924 and 1963 are in the public domain

73% of books released between 1924 and 1963 are in the public domain

But! A recent NYPL project has paid for the already-digitized registration records to be marked up as XML. (I was
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Jun
26
The Library of Congress has an online collection of Public Domain Children Books available

The Library of Congress has an online collection of Public Domain Children Books available

This special collection presents children’s books selected from the General and Rare Book Collections at the Library of Congress.
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May
07
Free audiobooks of Public Domain works through LibreVox

Free audiobooks of Public Domain works through LibreVox

LibriVox is a collection of audio books of public domain works created by volunteers. The language used in public domain
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Nov
23
Over 50,000 images from the Art Institute of Chicago are now available online

Over 50,000 images from the Art Institute of Chicago are now available online

Over 50,000 images from the Art Institute of Chicago are now available online. Source: Discover Art & Artists | The
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Nov
07
New York Libraries are bring public domain books to life through Instagram stories

New York Libraries are bring public domain books to life through Instagram stories

New York Libraries are bring public domain books to life through Instagram stories. Source: The New York Public Library is