Peter Pan, Threepenny Opera: What's Passing Into Public Domain in 2024?
A new year, another new batch of works newly open for free adaptation and performance.
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A new year, another new batch of works newly open for free adaptation and performance.
By Jennifer Jenkins, Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0 On January 1, 2024, after almost a century of copyright protection, Mickey Mouse, or at least a version of Mickey Mouse, will enter the public domain. The first movies in which the iconic mouse appeared – most famously, Steamboat Willie[1] – were made in 1928 and works from that year go
U.S. law allows a copyright to be held for 95 years after Congress expanded it several times during Mickey's life.
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