On 1st January every year we celebrate the array of works entering the public domain, as their copyright term expires. This year, entering the public domain [generally speaking] are copyright protected works created by people who died in 1953, for countries with a copyright term of life plus 70 years (eg, UK, most of EU and South America); works by people who died in 1973, for countries with a term of life plus 50 years (eg, New Zealand, and most of Africa and Asia); as well as films and books published in 1928 for the United States. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Steamboat Willie is one of the works that entered into the public domain this year, at least in the US … (more)
[Hayleigh Bosher, The IPKat, 30 January 2024]
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