Hacker News with Generative AI: Public Domain

3DBenchy Sets Sail into the Public Domain (3dbenchy.com)
Ahoy, makers and sailors of the 3D printing seas! The world’s most beloved calibration boat, 3DBenchy, has officially dropped anchor in the public domain!

3D Printing, Open Source, Software, Public Domain

11 points by iancmceachern 7 days ago | 0 comments

Misty: A secure distributed actor language (mistysystem.com)
Public Domain 2025 Douglas Crockford

Programming Languages, Distributed Systems, Security, Public Domain

90 points by m90 40 days ago | 38 comments

Celebrating the timeless allure of Tintin's aesthetics (collegetowns.substack.com)
The Adventures of Tintin was a Belgian comic by the artist Hergé that ran from 1929 until 1976. As the first publication, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, is now over 95 years old, the character has entered the public domain in the US as of Jan. 1, 2025.

Comics, Art, Public Domain, Pop Culture

232 points by thunderbong 43 days ago | 150 comments

An introduction to Plato's Republic (1981) (archive.org)
Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books.

Philosophy, Classics, Books, Public Domain, Restoration

4 points by synthetictask 44 days ago | 0 comments

Popeye is now Public Domain (theverge.com)
It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.

Public Domain, Copyright, Comics, Pop Culture

24 points by propagate97 47 days ago | 0 comments

Standard Ebooks Public Domain Day 2025 in Literature (standardebooks.org)
Happy Public Domain Day!

Public Domain, Books, Literature, Ebooks

141 points by WithinReason 50 days ago | 25 comments

Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025 (archive.org)
On January 1, 2025, we celebrate published works from 1929 and published sound recordings from 1924 entering the public domain! The passage of these works into the public domain celebrates our shared cultural heritage. The ability to breathe new life into long forgotten works, remix the most popular and enduring works of the time, and to better circulate the oddities we find in thrift stores, attics, and on random pockets of the internet are now freely available for us all.

Public Domain, Copyright, Cultural Heritage, Creative Reuse

165 points by ecliptik 51 days ago | 14 comments

Public Domain Day 2025 (law.duke.edu)
On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924. They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon.

Copyright, Public Domain, Law, History, United States

30 points by DamonHD 52 days ago | 2 comments

Standard Ebooks: Browse U.S. public domain artwork (standardebooks.org)
You can help Standard Ebooks by submitting new public domain artwork to add to this catalog for use in future ebooks. For free access to the submission form, contact the Editor-in-Chief.

Public Domain, Artwork, Ebooks, Digital Libraries

21 points by robin_reala 56 days ago | 0 comments

January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all (law.duke.edu)
On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924.

Public Domain, Copyright Law, History, Creative Works

9 points by Ozarkian 67 days ago | 0 comments

Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with Faulkner, Hemingway (apnews.com)
Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1.

Public Domain, Copyright, Literature, Comics

419 points by sohkamyung 67 days ago | 207 comments

ExFAT patents set to expire in early 2027; filesystem to become public domain (patents.google.com)
An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided.

Software, Patents, Public Domain, File Systems

10 points by mouse_ 69 days ago | 0 comments

What will enter the public domain in 2025? (publicdomainreview.org)
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.

Public Domain, Copyright, Creative Commons

405 points by Tomte 82 days ago | 341 comments

Anton Seder's the Animal in Decorative Art (1896) (publicdomainreview.org)
One can’t quite call Anton Seder’s prints naturalistic in Das Thier in der Dekorativen Kunst.

Art, History, Public Domain, Prints

12 points by prismatic 104 days ago | 1 comments

Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public (cloudflare.com)
Sable, the patent troll that sued Cloudflare back in March 2021 asserting around 100 claims across four patents, in the end wound up paying Cloudflare.

Legal Battles, Patents, Public Domain, Technology

1524 points by jgrahamc 141 days ago | 419 comments

Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48) (publicdomainreview.org)

Mexico, History, Archaeology, Public Domain

35 points by Thevet 161 days ago | 3 comments

If you love something set it free – AKWF Waveforms now in public domain (2015) (adventurekid.se)

Creative Projects, Public Domain, Music, Sound Design

35 points by Tomte 179 days ago | 3 comments

Public Work: a search engine for public domain images (public.work)

Search Engines, Public Domain, Images

364 points by throw0101d 200 days ago | 53 comments

Johannes Hartlieb's Book of Herbs (1462) (publicdomainreview.org)

History, Botany, Books, Public Domain

113 points by benbreen 223 days ago | 22 comments

Major cartoon characters entering the public domain between 2024 and 2034 (diversetechgeek.com)

Copyright, Public Domain, Intellectual Property, Cartoon Characters, Entertainment