![]() It’s difficult to overstate the importance of having work in the public domain. And 1925 marked the release of important works by silent film comedians Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. But before this could happen, Congress hit a 20-year pause button and extended their copyright term to 95 years Now the wait is over,” Jenkin’s writes on the Duke website.ġ925 was the year of seminal works by Sinclair Lewis, Gertrude Stein, Agatha Christie, Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, Aldous Huxley … and, among musicians some works by Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, the Gershwins, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller, among hundreds of others. “Works from 1925 were supposed to go into the public domain in 2001, after being copyrighted for 75 years. “And all of the works are free for anyone to use, reuse, build upon for anyone - without paying a fee.” According to Jennifer Jenkins, a law professor at Duke University who directs its Center for the Study of the Public Domain. Plenty more books published in 1925 have entered the public domain, as of today. Dalloway, Ernest Hemingway‘s In Our Time, and Franz Kafka‘s The Trial (in German). ![]() Scott Fitzgerald‘s The Great Gatsby is up for grabs. ![]() (So if you didn’t send cards this year, you’ll have another opportunity on January 1, 2022.) Happy Public Domain Day! What? You’re not excited? Well, I am.Īs of today, F. ![]() Ralph Barton’s illustration for “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” It’s also in public domain now.įor those of us who keep an eye on such things – including bloggers, everywhere – we have some exciting news, and it rolls around every New Year’s Day. ![]()
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