At midnight on New Year’s Eve, all works first published in the United States in 1923 will enter the public domain. It has been 21 years since the last mass expiration of copyright in the U.S. 

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/first-time-20-years-copyrighted-works-enter-public-domain-180971016/

For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian www.smithsonianmag.com Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine now for just $12 This article is a selection from the January/February issue of Smithsonian magazine

Angie Cope 

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