Public Domain Day 2025. The properties entering the public domain in 2025 were first released in 1929—or, in the case of sound recordings, 1924. International public domain day is celebrated on january 1 every year to shed some light on the copyright laws in the u.s., and what happens when they end.

Works by people who died in 1974, for countries with a term of “life plus 50 years” (e.g. On 1 january of every year, new heritage works enter the public domain.