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As a brand new yr begins, a listing of notable works and characters turns into public area materials, together with one in every of Disney‘s most iconic figures and a landmark novel from Agatha Christie. Usually, within the U.S., a piece stays copyrighted for 95 years if revealed earlier than 1978, or for 70 years following the creator’s loss of life if revealed after this date.
Per CBS Information, as of 2026, The Homicide on the Vicarage by Christie, the homicide thriller creator’s first novel that includes aged detective Miss Marple, is now within the public area. Additionally now accessible at no cost use are the Disney shorts The Chain Gang and The Picnic, that includes the earliest variations of Mickey Mouse’s beloved canine, Pluto.
As of at present (January 1, 2026), copyright protections have expired for revealed works from 1930 and sound recordings from 1925, that means the next are additionally now within the public area:
- Disney’s The Chain Gang and The Picnic (first look of Pluto)
- Fleischer Studios’ Dizzy Dishes (first look of Betty Boop)
- Lewis Milestone’s All Quiet on the Western Entrance
- John Murray Anderson’s King of Jazz
- Victor Heerman’s Animal Crackers
- Raoul Walsh’s The Large Path
- The Homicide on the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (first look of Miss Marple)
- The Secret of the Previous Clock by Carolyn Keene (first look of Nancy Drew) and three follow-ups
- The Little Engine That May by Watty Piper
- First 4 months of Blondie comedian strips by Stylish Younger
- “However Not For Me,” music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- “Georgia on My Thoughts,” music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Stuart Gorrell
- “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt, lyrics by Gus Kahn
- “Livin’ within the Daylight, Lovin’ within the Moonlight,” music by Al Sherman, lyrics by Al Lewis
- Piet Mondrian’s “Composition with Crimson, Blue, and Yellow” (portray)
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