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Public Domain Day 2026

114 points by rolph

by tzury

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I suggest looking at the https://publicdomainreview.org/ for a more comprehensive listings,
and this one for books:
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026

by snvzz

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Imagine how much better the world would be if the copyright term was shorter and/or if past a certain point, registration (and payment of fee) was needed to renew copyright and use the full term.

by ChrisArchitect

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Related:
What will enter the public domain in 2026?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46117112

by herewulf

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In an equitable world, LLMs would only provide answers from <=1930 data (as of 1 January).
Yet another argument for copyright being far too long.