What will enter the public domain in 2024?

Actually pretty exciting for books.<p>Agatha Christie, W.E.B. DuBois, Evelyn Waugh, Nabokov, D.H. Lawrence, H.G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, and A.A. Milne all have books entering in 2024.<p>And a Brecht play (The Threepenny Opera - one of his best, at that), and a Eugene O&#x27;Neill (Strange Interlude)!

Disney Animation has been using a clip from Steamboat Willy (and the song) as their opening bumper for years.<p>It was originally done when John Lassiter took over Disney Animation as an homage to his idol Walt. But some IP lawyers have said that it may also make it impossible to use Steamboat Willy in the public domain because they could claim you&#x27;re violating their copyright on their bumper.<p>Will be interesting to see if that gets tested.

The mouse via Steamboat Willie is scheduled to enter public domain? Guess we can look forward to quite eventful three weeks before the end of the year, while Disney is frantically trying to prevent that outcome.

So the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, who died in 1973, will enter the public domain in New Zealand (and other countries) next year? Or do they not, as he presumably published his works in the UK? Or they enter the public domain in New Zealand et al. but not in other countries?

This feels like one of those things where a UI designer tries to make the most comically inefficient way to convey mundane information.

Not quite in the same vein, but the patent for T-splines expires in 2024. Big news for 3D modeling systems.

&quot;The Passion of Joan of Arc directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer&quot;<p>As old, silent films go, this is quite good.<p>In the past, this might mean a cheap DVD release. Not sure the signficance of public domain for movies these days.

Corridor Crew plans something with Mickey Mouse on January 1st.

Related 3 days ago:<p><i>Public Domain Day 2024 Is Coming: Here&#x27;s What to Know</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=38586978">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=38586978</a>

I do think it’s bad that almost everyone will die before any work that influenced them enters the public domain

Steamboat Willie seems perfectly adaptable for AI animation. Can’t wait to see new cartoons.

The list is short for Canada: nothing. As part of the renegotiated NAFTA agreement, all copyright terms have been extended by twenty years.

Prokofiev, nice! I recently realised that his music was still under copyright, same for Shostakovich... Death + 70 years is a really long time

If something is in the public domain, is it still accessible for copying or can companies still profit off of selling public domain material? For example, if I “pirate” a public domain text published by some company, am I in the wrong?

“Lady Chatterley’s Zombie Lover” coming right up. Probably direct to Netflix

Looks like Tarzan is entering the public domain, that&#x27;s interesting.

I always found it weird that patents are a flat 20y but somehow copyright is life + X years. For me it should be a similar 20-30y period. How does life even work for a corporation?

I’d love some site you can add things to, and people can simply upvote if they think it’s a noteworthy item. And then I can subscribe to a calendar for the top 100.

Did the works of Django Reinhardt enter the public domain?

The reality of course is there is no public domain to speak of in the USA, except for abandoned works, unless you have vast financial resources. Suppose the early Disney stuff somehow actually enters the public domain. Anyone that tries to use it is going to get absolutely buried in trademark lawsuits and the usual tidal wave of spurious motions.

Will software become “public domain” over time?

No music?

What if we didn&#x27;t wait for things to enter the public domain but instead they were born right into it?<p>I have started a book publishing company that publishes new, public domain books only:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;laniakeabooks.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;laniakeabooks.org&#x2F;</a>