{"id":4803,"date":"2022-01-23T19:46:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T01:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2023-08-05T20:33:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T01:33:50","slug":"whats-new-in-the-public-domain-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/23\/whats-new-in-the-public-domain-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in the Public Domain in 2022?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COURTESY: THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF PUBLIC DOMAIN AT DUKE LAW SCHOOL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Now, you have even more works\u2014and for the first time, sound recordings\u2014available to be freely digitized, read, and used as the basis for new work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Jan. 1, 2022, debut novels by Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, A.A. Milne\u2019s Winnie the Pooh, <\/em>and about 400,000 sound recordings from before 1926 were among the many books, recordings, movies, and other creative works that entered the public domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, why is the public domain important? Permission is no longer needed to copy or use the works, which is an essential opportunity to foster learning, innovation, and the creation of new works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some places to check out the newly available creative works from 1926 available in the public domain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n