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EleutherAI, an AI research organization, has released what it's claiming is one of the largest collections of licensed and open-domain text for training AI models.
The public domain keeps culture vibrant. Why is it shrinking? Use this article … 95 years after I’m dead.
A series of classic songs and musical arrangements have entered the Public Domain this year; here are just a few of them.
Beyond music, there's some surprising films, books, plays and characters that are entering the public domain, including several works that feature Mickey Mouse and Popeye. As time marches on, we'll ...
The earliest versions of Popeye and Tintin have now entered the public domain, along with more iterations of Mickey Mouse.
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.
Happy Public Domain Day! Yesterday was Public Domain Day and Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain has the scoop on what works entered the public domain in the US on January 1, ...
Popeye and Tintin are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1.
The first iteration of Popeye and Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film are among the copyrighted works that will enter the public domain in 2025.
More Mickey Mouse cartoons and “The Skeleton Dance” animated short will enter the public domain on January 1, 2025.
January 1, 2025 will see a slew of classic Disney properties, including those featuring Mickey Mouse, enter the Public Domain. These works from 1929 can now be shared, copied, and built upon by ...