The New York Public Library has made 180,000 old-timey, out-of-copyright pictures available as high-res downloads through its Digital Collections website. "No permission required, no hoops to jump ...

Carl Malamud, noted independent archivist and champion of making information from government agencies accessible, is sounding a call (wisely using the robust megaphone that is Boing Boing): public ...

The Library of Congress has a full list of copyrighted works from 1924. As we ring in 2020, a new batch of books, sheet music, art and films have entered the public domain. Hundreds of copyright ...

The Library of Congress has launched a new website that allows you to create short remixes of royalty-free audio clips. Citizen DJ is an open-source hip-hop project created by New York-based artist ...

Music is copyrighted until it isn’t. Eventually, titles enter the public domain, which means they are free to use and download for any purpose. There are a lot of websites that showcase and provide ...

Numerous books, films and other works first published in 1926 enter the public domain on January 1. Center for the Study of the Public Domain When writer Benjamin Hoff published the Tao of Pooh in ...

The Library of Congress hosts a vast library of public domain images that can be used for anything you want, including commercial use. And they occasionally curate small collections from their ...

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. “No permission required, ...