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Public Domain Day 2025: Works from 1929 are now open to all

Posted onAuthorjennytownes

**Note: This symposium has been canceled due to inclement weather and may be rescheduled at a later date.** Emory Libraries will celebrate Public Domain Day 2025 with a symposium: “The Expanding Public Domain,” on January 22, 2025, from 1-5 p.m., in the Woodruff Seminar Room, Rose Library. This symposium will showcase opportunities afforded by the Read More …

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Works from 1928 enter the US public domain

Posted onAuthorjdmorge

Every year, on January 1st, works previously protected by copyright enter the public domain in the United States and are free for everyone. On January 1, 2024, thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 entered the public domain in the United States, along with sound recordings from 1923. Works in the public domain are free for Read More …