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Public Domain Day


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Join our hosts as they talk about Public Domain Day, what it is about, and what materials have joined the public domain this year.

Learn More about Public Domain and Copyright:

Learn more about Public Domain Day and everything that entered the Public Domain on the Duke Law School website: https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/

You can also read a brief history of copyright in the US from the US Copyright Office: https://www.copyright.gov/timeline/

Books on copyright and public domain:

The copyright book : a practical guide by William S. Strong

Intellectual property: a very short introduction by Siva Vaidhyanathan

The public domain : find and use free content for your website, book, app, music, video, art, and more by Stephen Fishman

Time stamps:

00:00 - Intro
01:47 - Copyright
05:16 - Orphaned Works
07:16 - Licensing Protected Works
09:53 - Works in the Public Domain
12:22 - Literature Entering the Public Domain
13:22 - Film Entering the Public Domain
14:11 - Music Compositions Entering the Public Domain
15:25 - Music Recordings Entering the Public Domain
16:18 - Art Entering the Public Domain
17:59 - Copyright vs. Trademark
20:05 - Utilization of the Public Domain
24:21 - Aspirational Potatoes
27:55 - Outro

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Sounds from the ShelvesBy Salt Lake County Library