Published works entering the public domain

For the first time in over 20 years, on January 1, 2019, published works will enter the US public domain. Works from 1923 will be free for all to use and build upon, without permission or fee. They include dramatic films such as The Ten Commandments , and comedies featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. There are literary works by Robert Frost, Aldous Huxley, and Edith Wharton, the “Charleston” song, and more.

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How to download the books.

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To be clear, that’s the Cecil B. DeMille version, but not the Cecil B. DeMille version starring Charlton Heston.

Sherlock Holmes hitting public domain soon.

Probably on Project Gutenberg soon.

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