Duke University's Center for the Study of the Public Domain

Duke Law School, NC, USA
Joined August 2009
It’s #publicdomainday soon! What’s in the US public domain Jan 1? Works from 1930: Betty Boop, Pluto (as Rover), As I Lay Dying, The Murder at the Vicarage, Nancy Drew books, I Got Rhythm, Georgia on My Mind, films ft Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, & more…web.law.duke.edu/cspd/public…
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TikTok lovers, think you know all the great dance moves? Get ready to dance like it’s 1929! Watch incredible sequences from movies and cartoons that just became public domain in 2025 youtu.be/pEw5_VmMGps
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What can you do with public domain music? Ask Disney! Watch how Mickey cartoons from 1929 – now in the public domain – brilliantly used public domain music youtu.be/K6DkWZ9HnwA
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It’s almost #publicdomainday 2025! What will be in the US public domain Jan 1? Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924. Popeye, Tintin, a dozen Mickey cartoons, A Farewell to Arms, Bolero, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Singin’ in the Rain... web.law.duke.edu/cspd/public…
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Public Domain Day is less than a month away! What’s entering the US public domain in 2025? Here’s a sneak peek from Duke’s CSPD! youtu.be/Au2V4BYRjqs?feature…
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Our new Intellectual Property casebook is out and you can download it for free! It’s also free to share and remix under a CC NC BY SA license web.law.duke.edu/cspd/openip…
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It includes flow charts explaining each area of IP and even comic book illustrations
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Mickey finds his voice! Clara Bow takes a bow. Which cartoon characters hit the public domain next? For all this and more, click here for the very first edition of our Public Domain Newsletter. web.law.duke.edu/cspd/newsle…
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Only one day until Public Domain Day 2024! Watch @DukeCSPD Director Jennifer Jenkins talk with @jolingkent about #publicdomainday on the CBS evening news youtube.com/watch?v=M_ePdlc8…
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Jennifer Jenkins, head of @DukeCSPD and @lessig talk to CBS Saturday morning about Mickey Mouse entering the public domain! xitter.cf/cbssaturday/status/174…
When the clock strikes midnight tomorrow copyright protections will expire on a number of well-known books, films and musical compositions – including the original Mickey Mouse. @jolingkent has more on what "Steamboat Willie" entering the public domain means.
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It's almost #publicdomainday! Here's a preview of what will be public domain in the US on Jan 1 2024. More at web.law.duke.edu/cspd/public…
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On 1/1/2024, Mickey Mouse will enter the US public domain! What can you do with him? Does Disney still hold copyrights over later iterations of Mickey? Does trademark law play a role? The answer, ironically, is distinctly mouse-shaped. Learn more web.law.duke.edu/cspd/mickey…
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January 1 2024 is Public Domain Day! Works from 1928 go into the US public domain: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman, Cole Porter’s Let’s Do It;+ sound recordings from 1923 & much more!  web.law.duke.edu/cspd/public…
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