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usonian

(25,381 posts)
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 11:35 PM Jan 2026

January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925!

I couldn't find an all-inclusive list. Probably too long.
Most were way too short (for short attention span, short-tail interests)
But these two seemed a decent balance.

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/. (Duke)

https://blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2026/. (Internet Archive)



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