Public Domain In 2025. 1 is public domain day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. In 2025, the rights to characters, books, plays, movies, drawings, paintings, and photography from 1929, as well as sound recordings from 1924 will expire, meaning that the.

In 2025, many new items will join the public domain. Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the u.s.