This year many famous literary works, artworks, films and musical pieces will be entering the public domain. Effectively, copyright protections are no longer in place for these works, meaning anyone can now access, distribute, display or modify these iconic compositions.
Traditionally, New Year’s Day has long been seen and celebrated as ‘Public Domain Day’. Accordingly, 1 January is highly anticipated each year by creatives as it largely gives free rein for the use of iconic works in new ways.
