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 ...
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Essays
Every two weeks we publish a new long-form essay which seeks to offer insight and reflection upon public domain works and the oft overlooked histories which surround them.
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Explore the vast array of essays, resources, books, and other materials we have collected.
Collections
We curate collections of images, books, audio and film, shining a light on curiosities and wonders from a wide range of online archives. Leaning toward the surprising, the strange, and the beautiful, we hope to provide an ever-growing cabinet of curiosities for the digital age
The Public Domain Review
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Guide to Finding Interesting Public Domain Works Online — The Public Domain Review
Often The Public Domain Review’s first port of call when looking for interesting material. This vast collection of cultural content hosts and links to a huge variety of public domain works including films, music and texts (not so good on images).
Videos
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How I Made $9K with Public Domain Books (100% Passive) - YouTube
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Public domain, where art lives after copyright - CBS News
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Public domain, where art lives after copyright - YouTube
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Public domain and the future of American culture - YouTube
University of Washington Libraries
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Texts - Open Resources - Library Guides at University of Washington Libraries
Full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines.
Everybodyslibraries
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Why pay for what’s free? Finding open access and public domain articles | Everybody's Libraries
October 24, 2018 - This includes three good books and dozens of research articles. Professor Straus pass away two years ago and UNH decided to take it down for some unexplained reason, but one way or another it should be put back up. ... Actully I do agree with the point of your view,Also as you know that with new technology it’s quite possible to control everyting in way if they want to do.Morever they trying to not share everything wit publicso people can not achieve in high level of knowlege.
University of Montana-Missoula
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Sources for Public Domain Works - Public Domain and Creative Commons: A Guide to Works You Can Use Freely - Research Guides at University of Montana-Missoula
This site consists of a list of links to other Internet sites which provide access to public domain works. The article itself is organized by topic and is very interesting to explore for further materials.
Wikinews
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Category:Public domain articles - Wikinews, the free news source
All articles in this category have been released into the public domain. On Wikinews, articles that were published before September 25, 2005 were released to the public domain.
Wikipedia
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Public domain - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - As examples, the works of William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Miguel de Cervantes, Zoroaster, Lao Zi, Confucius, Aristotle, L. Frank Baum, Leonardo da Vinci and Georges Méliès are in the public domain either by virtue of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired.
Ubc
copyright.ubc.ca › public-domain
Public Domain | Copyright at UBC
Copyright-Free Materials, or: Why Should I Learn About the Public Domain? Public Domain in Canada Public Domain outside Canada Public Domain and Adaptations, Translations and Scholarly Editions Public Domain on the Web Public Domain Resources Copyright-Free Materials, or: Why Should I Learn ...
Justice Institute of British Columbia
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Public Domain - Open Education Resources (OER) - LibGuides at Justice Institute of British Columbia
The majority of the digital copies ... so please do check and look into more detail where necessary, before reusing. All articles published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license....
Wikipedia
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Wikipedia:Public domain resources - Wikipedia
OVO New works in the public domain since 1987. Magazine format (PDF and OpenOffice.org formats). Brewer's Reader's Handbook, published in 1898, states that "the object of this Handbook is to supply readers and speakers with a lucid but very brief account of such names as are used in allusions and references, whether by poets or prose writers". Contains many short articles, some on obscure topics.
Michigan Law Review
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"The Public Domain" by Jessica D. Litman
This article examines the public domain by looking at the gulf between what authors really do and the way the law perceives them. Part I outlines the basics of copyright as a species of property and introduces the public domain's place within the copyright scheme.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Public domain | Definition, Meaning, Examples, Years, & Copyright | Britannica
November 2, 2022 - These deviations mean that, like trademarks, a work that has fallen into the public domain in one country may have a different status in another. Steamboat Willie, 1928The animated Steamboat Willie (1928) was the first Mickey Mouse film to include sound.(more)See all videos for this article
Marketing Artfully
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HUGE List of Popular Stories In The Public Domain
August 26, 2025 - The spook-tacular image of the headless horseman riding his stead and carrying his round head is in the public domain! Written by Washington Irving in 1820. Roger Corman directed the 1960 black comedy and thought it wouldn't make much money so he didn't copyright it. You can download and watch the whole movie! Written in 1883 by Howard Pyle there are tons of great Robin Hood images in the public domain!
Duke University Libraries
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Historical and other public domain material - Freely Available Resources and Search Tools - LibGuides at Duke University
There are four common ways that works arrive in the public domain: ... The on-line Bibliothèque nationale de France. Searchable in French, English, and Italian. ... Openly available books, movies, software, music, and websites (including digitized books from libraries). << Previous: Open Access scholarly articles, books, and more