Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a concurrent holiday: Public Domain Day.

January 1 introduced the 1929 class of works which signified richness in the era’s literature and cinematic technology.

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Copyright was a big thing even back in 1922 when Nosferatu came out. 'It looked like Armageddon': 5 dead as California wildfires rage in LA area ...

Ring in the New Year by exploring the artistic treasures now in the public domain! Discover how iconic works by Matisse, ...

New York City has the crystal-encrusted Times Square Ball drop on New Year’s Eve, but in West Virginia, the city of Mannington has its own version, “The Pepperoni Roll Drop” which honors the ...

Popeye and Tintin, as well work from several literary classics, are now a part of the public domain. New Year’s Day isn’t ...

Some of the properties headed into the public domain on Jan. 1 include the first Marx Brothers' film, William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and the first appearances of Popeye the Sailor Man.

Dustin Pando’s art combines both cutting-edge technology and the way things were done thousands of years ago. His spheres were designed on the computer then printed out on a 3D printer ...

Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms" and early iterations of Popeye will enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2025 — and there's ...

To understand modern takes on surrealism, it's key to understand the origins of the art and design movement. According to Bilotta, surrealism at its core "sought to dismantle all the traditional ...