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The Independent
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The Great Gatsby, Mrs Dalloway and Duke Ellington works hit public domain in 2021 | The Independent
January 1, 2021 - As NPR reports, an act passed by the US Congress in 1998 brought the duration of copyright for works published between 1923 and 1977 to 95 years. Now that the year 2021 has arrived, works published in 1925 have reached the public domain in the US.
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Duke University School of Law
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Public Domain Day 2021 | Duke University School of Law
On January 1, 2021, copyrighted works from 1925 will enter the US public domain,1 where they will be free for all to use and build upon. These works include books such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs.

overview of public domain-related events during the year of 2021

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works entered the public domain in 2021. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status … Wikipedia
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On January 1, 2021, copyrighted works from 1925 will enter the US public domain, where they will be free for all to use and build upon. Works include Fitzgerald’s 'The Great Gatsby', Virginia Woolf’s 'Mrs. Dalloway', Hemingway’s 'In Our Time', and Kafka’s 'The Trial' but also films and music

Awesome! This is just the annual reminder that we can thank Disney for the insane duration for which a work of art stays copyrighted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#Support
Fuck Disney!

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It's Public Domain Day 2021 in the US. What newly out of copyright film from 1925 will you watch or adapt this year?
slams fist Ben-Hur with Muppets, still silent, still 2+ hours. Give the people what they didn’t know they needed. More on reddit.com
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Is there a list of English-language books that will enter the public domain in 2021?

It's clear about the caveat; the list applies to countries that uphold copyright for life+70 years. Ie Most of Europe but not the the USA. I'm guessing you want public domain in the USA? If so then the USA has a section further down the page that links to a list of books that will enter the public domain in the USA in 2021.

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Favorite Books in the Public Domain: January 2021

Moby Dick, Ulysses, Anna Karenina (the Maude translation for me), Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Middlemarch, etc. I would say more of my favorite books are in the public domain than out of it lol.

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My Modern Met
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These Incredible Works of Literature, Film, and Music Entered the Public Domain in 2021
January 17, 2021 - Now with the 2021 release of works by Fitzgerald, Woolf, Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, and Franz Kafka, students and scholars will be able to freely study these touchstones of popular culture.
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University of Massachusetts
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Happy Public Domain Day 2021
January 5, 2021 - Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * · All pages on the UMass Libraries Copyright & Information Policy site are CC-BY 4.0 licensed. © 2012-2025 Laura Quilter or UMass Amherst Libraries, unless otherwise specified
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Uconn
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Public Domain Day 2021 | News
January 4, 2021 - New Year’s Day was Public Domain Day! On January 1, 2021, copyright expired for all works published in the United States in 1925. These works entered the public domain. Anyone is now free to share, use, and build on them in the US without permission or payment.
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Ohio State University Libraries
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Celebrating Public Domain Day 2021 | Public Domain Day
January 1, 2021 - Works published during that time, that met all required formalities, enjoyed a maximum term of copyright protection of 95 years. With copyright term running to the end of the calendar year, works first published in 1925 officially enter the public domain in the U.S. on January 1, 2021.
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Authors Alliance
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Public Domain Day 2021: Welcoming Works from 1925 to the Public Domain – Authors Alliance
January 6, 2021 - Montage courtesy of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain Literary aficionados and copyright buffs alike have something to celebrate as we welcome 2021: A new batch of works published in 19…
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Gct
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Copyright Public Domain Class of 2021 - Golan Christie Taglia
January 19, 2021 - So the Copyright Act grandfathered in and extended the protection for these pre-1976 works. Originally, works created in 1923 or before were still in the public domain. On January 1, 2021, any works created from 1925 went into the public domain.
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Duke University School of Law
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Public Domain Day 2021 Shrinking | Duke University School of Law
It was retroactively applied to ... public domain was frozen in time for over 20 years. In 2021, works published in 1925 - originally set to enter the public domain in 2001 - will finally go into our public domain....
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Bfvlaw
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Public Domain Day: Works Like the Great Gatsby Enter the Public Domain - Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.
August 6, 2022 - Additionally, copyright protection ... of January 1, 2021, all works published in the United States before January 1, 1926 are in the public domain and free to use in the United States without permission....
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Illinois State News
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Happy Public Domain Day 2021! - News - Illinois State
October 23, 2022 - On January 1, 2021, U.S. copyright protections expired for thousands of works published in 1925. These materials have now joined Americans’ shared inheritance of creative expression known as the public domain.
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Wikimedia Commons
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Commons:Public Domain Day/2021 - Wikimedia Commons
June 11, 2025 - This page is intented to show all images that are restored with Public Domain Day, 1 January 2021, and those images that have been newly uploaded as the works of the author have come into the public domain.
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Entertainment Weekly
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'The Great Gatsby' and other works from 1925 are now public domain
January 1, 2021 - "And all of the works are free ... Jenkins explained to NPR. Now that we're in 2021, copyrights for books published in 1925 are lifting, including ones on F....
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Wikipedia
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Public Domain Day - Wikipedia
3 days ago - Significant materials entering the public domain in 2021 included F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Virginia Woolf's Mrs.
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Duke University School of Law
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Public Domain Day 2021 Pre-1976 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2021 - If the pre-1978 laws were still in effect, we could have seen 85% of the works published in 1992 enter the public domain on January 1, 2021. Imagine what that would mean to our archives, our libraries, our schools and our culture.
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BOOK RIOT
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Books Entering the Public Domain in 2021 | Book Riot
January 6, 2021 - Prepare your Great Gatsby pastiche, everyone. These books from 1925 are entering the public domain on January 1. Nicole Hill Jan 6, 2021 · This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Staff Writer ·
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The Public Domain Review
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The Public Domain Review
The Public Domain Review is dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas – focusing on works now fallen into the public domain, the vast commons of out-of-copyright material that everyone is free to enjoy, share, and build upon without restrictions.
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University of Texas at Austin
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Public Domain for 2021
January 4, 2021 - December 2021 · November 2021 · October 2021 · September 2021 · August 2021 · July 2021 · June 2021 · May 2021 · April 2021 · March 2021 · February 2021 · January 2021 · December 2020 · November 2020 · October 2020 · September 2020 · August 2020 ·