![]() ![]() Now that Bambi is in the public domain, 2022 will bring a fresh translation of the original. What don’t you know about the original, darker, and more interesting Bambi? Find out here. William Faulkner, Soldiers’ Pay (his first novel) Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (later adapted into the film Lawrence of Arabia)Īgatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Shepard 6ĭorothy Parker, Enough Rope (her first collection of poems) Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, decorations by E. (To find more material from 1926, you can visit the Catalogue of Copyright Entries.) 5 You can click on some of the titles below to get the newly public domain works.Ī. But before this could happen, Congress hit a 20-year pause button and extended their copyright term to 95 years. ![]() 4 They were supposed to go into the public domain in 2002, after being copyrighted for 75 years. Here is a more detailed snapshot of just a few of the books, sound recordings, movies, and musical compositions that will be in the public domain in 2022. Just as Shakespeare’s works have given us everything from 10 Things I Hate About You and Kiss Me Kate (from The Taming of the Shrew) to West Side Story (from Romeo and Juliet), who knows what the works entering the public domain in 2022 might inspire? As with Shakespeare, the ability to freely reimagine these works may spur a range of creativity, from the serious to the whimsical, and in doing so allow the original artists’ legacies to endure. are an essential part of every artist’s sustenance, of every person’s sustenance. When a work enters the public domain it means the public can afford to use it freely, to give it new currency. That’s a good thing too! As explained in a New York Times editorial: But it also ensures that those rights last for a “limited time,” so that when they expire, works go into the public domain, where future authors can legally build on the past-reimagining the books, making them into films, adapting the songs and movies. Copyright law gives authors important rights that encourage creativity and distribution-this is a very good thing. The whole point of copyright is to promote creativity, and the public domain plays a central role in doing so. The public domain is also a wellspring for creativity. When they enter the public domain in 2022, anyone can rescue them from obscurity and make them available, where we can all discover, enjoy, and breathe new life into them. The vast majority of works from 1926 are out of circulation. This helps enable access to cultural materials that might otherwise be lost to history. Online repositories such as the Internet Archive, HathiTrust, and Google Books can make works fully available online. Youth orchestras can perform the music publicly, without paying licensing fees. That is something Winnie-the-Pooh would appreciate. Why celebrate the public domain? When works go into the public domain, they can legally be shared, without permission or fee. Decades of recordings made from the advent of sound recording technology through the end of 1922-estimated at some 400,000 works-will be open for legal reuse. On January 1 2022, the gates will open for all of the recordings that have been waiting in the wings. What’s more, for the first time ever, thanks to a 2018 law called the Music Modernization Act, a special category of works- sound recordings-will finally begin to join other works in the public domain. ![]() Milne, the first published novels from Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, the first books of poems from Langston Hughes and Dorothy Parker. In 2022, the public domain will welcome a lot of “firsts”: the first Winnie-the-Pooh book from A. After copyright expires over the original book, will there be a war between the Pooh brand and the public domain? Winnie the Pooh is now a multi-billion dollar franchise. In 2022 we get a bonus: an estimated 400,000 sound recordings from before 1923 2 will be entering the public domain too! (Please note that this site is only about US law the copyright terms in other countries are different.) There are scores of silent films-including titles featuring Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Greta Garbo, famous Broadway songs, and well-known jazz standards. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, Felix Salten’s Bambi, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Langston Hughes’ The Weary Blues, and Dorothy Parker’s Enough Rope. On January 1, 2022, copyrighted works from 1926 will enter the US public domain, 1 where they will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. January 1, 2022, is Public Domain Day: Works from 1926 are open to all, as is a cornucopia of recorded music: an estimated 400,000 sound recordings from before 1923! By Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain ![]()
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