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It’s January, which means another batch of copyrighted work is now public domain

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The Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain has a list of the most significant works entering the public domain this year .

This year 's introductions cover books, plays, movies, art, and musical compositions from 1929 .

Most works released from 1923 onward are protected for 95 years after their release under the terms of 1998 's Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act .

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