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The Public Domain Review is a not-for-profit project dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available online.

All works eventually fall out of copyright – from classic works of art, music and literature, to abandoned drafts, tentative plans, and overlooked fragments. In doing so they enter the public domain, a vast commons of material that everyone is free to enjoy, share and build upon without restriction. We aim to help our readers explore this rich terrain – like a small exhibition gallery at the entrance of an immense network of archives and storage rooms that lie beyond.

THE ARTICLES - Our articles from leading scholars, writers, archivists, and artists provide fresh reflections and new angles on old material – from strange encounters with monkey eating poets to an Italian cardinal who could speak over 70 languages.

THE COLLECTIONS - With our curated collections of films, audio, images and texts we surface some of the highlights and hidden gems from a variety of resources across the web – from visions of the future from late 19th century France to Napoleon’s Book of Fate.

THE NEWSLETTER - Every fortnight we send out an email newsletter of all the most interesting content that we’ve recently featured. Visit here to subscribe and get a sneak-preview of what to expect - http://publicdomainreview.org/subscribe/

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Sep 9, 2026	Inuit Kayakers Crossed 1,200 Miles to Seed Orkney Myth That Drives The Incomer	By Richard L. Wells Published: Sep 09 2026, 5:24 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Sep 23, 2025	At UN, Trump attacks climate change efforts in front of leaders of drowning nations	By MELINA WALLING and SETH BORENSTEIN NEW YORK (AP) — Some countries’ leaders are watching rising seas threaten to swallow their homes. Others are watching their citizens die in floods, hurricanes and heat waves, all exacerbated by climate ...
Jan 24, 2025	Сообщали ли люди о наблюдениях НЛО до XX века?	Являются ли наблюдения НЛО феноменом XX века или люди раньше тоже сообщали о подобном? Время от времени заявления о наблюдениях НЛО становятся вирусными и подталкивают учёных к серьёзным исследованиям. Но люди смотрят на небо уже тысячелети...
Jan 2, 2024	Ранняя версия «Микки Мауса» стала общественным достоянием	Одна из версий мультипликационного персонажа «Микки Маус» стала общественным достоянием. Об этом сообщает The Public Domain Review. Речь идет об образе «Микки Мауса» из мультфильма Steamboat Willie 1928 года выпуска. Авторские права киноком...
2024	Версия Микки Мауса из «Пароходика Вилли» стала общественным достоянием, по ней представлена игра Infestation 88	1 января 2024 года истёк срок авторских прав на одну из самых ранних версий Микки Мауса. Речь идёт о Микки из мультика «Пароходик Вилли», который вышел в 1928 году, а также на ряд других знаменитых произведений мировой классики в различных ...
Apr 3, 2023	The week in AI: The pause request heard ’round the world	Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t co...
Dec 16, 2021	Gaming Like It's 1926: Get Ready For Our Next Public Domain Game Jam!	Sign up for the Public Domain Game Jam on itch.io »
Jul 12, 2021	В США в 2022 году в общественное достояние войдут любые записи звука до 1923 года	Все звукозаписи до 1923 года в 2022 году будут признаны в США общественным достоянием, что позволит использовать и распространять их без ограничений. В список вошли бродвейские хиты, первые джазовые мелодии и многое другое. Признать указанн...
Feb 26, 2020	12 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Milestones: 2. Ramon Llull And His ‘Thinking Machine’	In 1308, Catalan poet and theologian Ramon Llull completed Ars generalis ultima (The Ultimate General Art), further perfecting his method of using paper-based mechanical means to create new knowledge from combinations of concepts.
Oct 9, 2019	What the Fork? A review of Good Day’s CBD cold brew & UbU’s hemp tonic	Editor’s Note: What’s this? A product review? On AFN, the leading source of funding news for the foodtech and agtech startup industry? I know; we’re moving out of our comfort zone and spreading our wings – or rather our tastebuds. But as co...
Nov 16, 2018	No One Wants to Talk About How Completely We Were Lied to	This is an op-ed and represents the opinion of the author. Two days ago, the New York Times published a comprehensive story on the degree to which Facebook fought all attempts to investigate its role in spreading Russian hoaxes and lies, bo...
Jan 2, 2018	Hopefully For The Last Time: The US Has Zero New Works Enter The Public Domain On January 1st	For many years now, during the first week of January, we write a post about Public Domain Day. That’s the day — January 1st — where works that have reached the statutory limit reach the public domain. The Public Domain Review has an excelle...
Jan 3, 2017	Our Unfortunate Annual Tradition: A Look At What Should Have Entered The Public Domain, But Didn't	Each year, at the beginning of January, we have the unfortunate job of highlighting the works that were supposed to be entering the public domain on January 1st, but didn’t (in the US at least) thanks to retroactive copyright term extension...
May 29, 2013	Surgeries on Friday Are More Frequently Fatal	An X-Ray slide via the Public Domain Review Friday is great for all sorts of thing—high school football, a block of family-oriented ABC shows and binge drinking come readily to mind—but it’s a pretty lousy day to have surgery. Not just beca...
Dec 21, 2012	The US's Public Domain Class Of 2013	Every year, we talk about how January 1st is public domain day in many parts of the world, but thanks to constant copyright term extension, the US is left waiting and waiting and waiting — kind of like the famous play by Samuel Beckett, whi...
Sep 30, 2012	We love this incredible space colony art from the 1970s (gallery)	With the success of the Mars rover, SpaceX’s private spaceflight, and asteroid mining startups, space ventures are hot once again. While we’re obviously looking ahead, perhaps we should also look to the past for inspiration. In the 1970s, N...
Sep 30, 2012	We love this incredible space colony art from the 1970s (gallery)	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! With the success of the Mars rover, SpaceX’s priv...
Aug 27, 2011	Killer_Tofu's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week	This week’s favorites post comes from Killer_Tofu whose name intrigues me, but I’m not sure I really want to know.
Aug 23, 2011	Need More Public Domain Material?	The Public Domain may not be growing (thanks to endless retroactive copyright term extensions) but it still contains a “whopping plentitude.” The biggest challenge to users is simply discovering PD works in the first place. Fortunately the ...

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