Key Takeaways - Public Domain Day 2026 releases thousands of creative works for free use. As of January 1, literary works from 1930 and ...

Anything published in 1930 will enter the public domain, which includes books by Franz Kafka, Langston Hughes, Jim Corbett, ...

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

National Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Lee Cowan is an Emmy-award-winning journalist serving as a national correspondent and substitute anchor for "CBS News Sunday Morning." For nearly four ...

This article will tell you about the top 10 best public-domain music sites. Music is an essential element we add to videos and social media posts and listen to for leisure or educational purposes. But ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every January 1, pop culture quietly resets in the U.S. Old books, films, TV shows, photos, comic strips, songs, and more lose ...

Public domain music can be downloaded and used in video and other projects for free. There are a variety of websites that make it easy to browse, listen to, and download public domain audio. Here are ...

Novels by Ernest Hemingway, left, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck figure prominently in this year's trove of newly copyright-free literary works. (Associated Press) Last year, it was Mickey Mouse.