Public Domain Day 2023
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Public Domain Day 2023 celebrates the treasure trove of works, including books and movies, that entered the public domain on January 1, 2023: everything first published or released in the United States through the end of 1927.
Works that entered the public domain for the first time on January 1, 2023 include:
| “ | Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse and the final Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, the German science-fiction film Metropolis and Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller, compositions by Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, and a novelty song about ice cream.[1] | ” |
Movies entering public domain on Jan. 1, 2023
These notable films entered the public domain on Jan. 1, 2023:[2]
- The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
- Metropolis
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) (Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller)
- The Cat and the Canary
- 7th Heaven
- Underworld
- The Mystery of the Louvre
- Tarzan and the Golden Lion
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Casey at the Bat
Writings entering public domain on Jan. 1, 2023
Here is a partial list of books that entered the public domain on January 1, 2023, because they were first published in 1927:[1]
- Arthur Conan Doyle's later copyrighted works, including The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
- Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop
- Agatha Christie, The Big Four
- Franklin W. Dixon (pen name), The Tower Treasure (which was the first of the Hardy Boys books)
- William Faulkner, Mosquitoes
- Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women (his short stories)
- A.A. Milne, Now We Are Six (E.H. Shepard illustrator)
- Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep
- Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
Music entering public domain on Jan. 1, 2023
Here is a partial list of notable music that entered the public domain on January 1, 2023, because they were first published in 1927:[2]
- Ol’ Man River
- Let’s Kiss And Make Up
- Me And My Shadow
- My Blue Heaven
- The Best Things In Life Are Free
See also
- "Works from 1927 are open to all!" from Duke University
- Copyrightlately on Public Domain Day 2023
- Public Domain Review