"Public Domain" refers to content that is not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws. Works in the public domain may be freely copied, shared, altered, or republished, without obtaining permission from or compensating the copyright holder. In the United States, works published before 1977 enter the public domain after 96 years, meaning that as of January 1st, 2022, works published in 1926 entered public domain. Works published after 1977 enter public domain 70 years after the death of the last surviving author.
