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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://copyrightlately.com/public-domain-day-2023/
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