{"id":7152,"date":"2025-01-01T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/?p=7152"},"modified":"2025-02-24T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:00:34","slug":"heres-what-entered-the-public-domain-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/01\/heres-what-entered-the-public-domain-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what entered the public domain in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As of Jan. 1, 2025, all the books, films, songs, and art published in the 1920s or earlier are now public domain. Audio recordings up to 1924 are also in the public domain, following slightly different rules of a 100-year copyright, compared to the 95 years for film, literature, and written musical compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a work enters the public domain, the public no longer needs to seek the artist\u2019s permission to copy or use the work. This opens the door for creative riffs on the classics and makes these materials available free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what are the big titles newly in public domain? The Sound and the Fury<\/em> by William Faulkner, A Farewell to Arms<\/em> by Ernest Hemingway, and A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> by Virginia Woolf are a few notable literary works. In film, you can find works by legendary directors from Alfred Hitchcock to John Ford. Other works feature Mickey Mouse, the Marx Brothers, Popeye, Tintin, and the musical number Singin\u2019 in the Rain<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some places to check out the newest creative works now in the public domain:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n