After a blockbuster week, SCOTUS refused to take up the cause of a public school teacher who was fired over TikTok memes. But ...

Today, I introduced the MEME Act, which prohibits top federal officials from issuing, sponsoring, or promoting a security, commodity, or digital asset with criminal and civil penalties. pic ...

I’m talking, of course, about public domain and the intricacies of copyright law. A few years ago, a 20-year moratorium on published works entering the public domain in the US ended, and now ...

Determining what materials are considered public domain can be a tricky process. From commonly held misconceptions and complicated copyright laws (such as those held in the United States) to ...

What is entering the public domain in 2025? Although this is not a full list of works, here are some of the most notable examples, according to the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at ...

As of January 1, 2025, Ernest Hemingway's great novel 'A Farewell to Arms' is now in the public domain. Here's what that means.

It's January, and for people in the US, that means the same thing it's meant every January since 2019: a new batch of previously copyrighted works have entered the public domain.

Last year, the original version of Mickey Mouse went into the public domain. That doesn’t mean that anyone can use Mickey Mouse’s image for whatever they want, but it does mean that the ...

2025 Public Domain Day: Popeye, Tintin, more legendary artwork up for grabs Anna Kaufman USA TODAY 0:00 ...

But, in the U.S., commissioned works including books and other media published between 1924 and 1978 enter the public domain 95 years after they were released, meaning that works published in 1929 ...