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We'll be having an in-person celebration at our SF HQ later in January as well, details to come!
To avoid the advent calendar, this may be more useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain
It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.
To avoid the advent calendar, this may be more useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain
Nothing in Japan from what I could find here or elsewhere… don’t understand why edit: thanks to the dead commenter for clarifying. that sucks.
In Japan, the term of copyright protection will, in principle, be 70 years after the death of the author (or 70 years after publication for works published anonymously, under a pseudonym, or in the name of a corporate body).
Copyrights that have already expired at the time of enforcement will not be revived (principle of non-retroactivity of protection).
Consequently, no works will newly enter the public domain for the next 20 years.
From Japan Library Association: https://www.jla.or.jp/hogokikan-encho/#:~:text=%E4%BF%9D%E8%...
To avoid the advent calendar, this may be more useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain
What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list. It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list. It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.
What does it mean to be in public domain
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list. It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.
What does it mean to be in public domain
> At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain and become free to enjoy, share, and reuse for any purpose.
To avoid the advent calendar, this may be more useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain
What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list. It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.
For a literature-focused list of items entering the US public domain on 2026, Standard Ebooks has 20 ebooks prepared for release on January 1: https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026