2026 Public Domain Entries.

[JimInks]

Just heard that a ton of film, fiction, comics, songs, properties have entered the public domain. Here's a partial list:
2026 in public domain - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain

Public Domain Day 2026 Is Coming: Here's What to Know

On January 1, 2026, works from 1930—including Nancy Drew, early Betty Boop, and The Maltese Falcon—hit the U.S. public domain. Here’s what it all means.

copyrightlately.com

 

[BingBong]

A year's worth of Krazy Kat, maybe?

 

[sablebrush52]

As a testament to a misspent life, while reading through the list of various films entering public domain I was startled to discover that I had seen all but a handful of them. Haven’t gotten around to watching the first Polish sound film, as well as the other foreign first sound films, but pretty much everything else. Yikes!

 

[woodsroad]

Like my cat, I try to stay out of the public domain.