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Public Domain Bingo Fest
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cornerofmadnessPublic Domain in 2026
Happy New Year’s everyone. I hope it is filled with creativity. When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. In the United States, all works first published in 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 are now available for adaption, performance, and other transformative works. There are worldwide variations in the copyright law and I’ve included works found on various lists by people who know more about this than I do.
I’ve created 3X3 public cards for each subsection. I grouped the written word together, movie-tv-cartoons and music paired with art. If I’m honest there’s less art because I could only find a few. Also I made a 5X5 public card that was a mixed bag of it all. And if you’re like me, and you want to create your own card, you can head here to the bingo card generator and you can put your works here on our AO3 collection if you so wish.
( Books, Plays, & Poetry and the 3x3 card )
( Movies, TV shows & cartoons and 3x3 card )
( Musical composition, sound recordings & art and 3x3 card )
( mixed card )
Also here are my sources for what is in the public domain. Have fun!
Duke Law
NPR
Standard eBook
wikipedia
Happy New Year’s everyone. I hope it is filled with creativity. When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. In the United States, all works first published in 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 are now available for adaption, performance, and other transformative works. There are worldwide variations in the copyright law and I’ve included works found on various lists by people who know more about this than I do.
I’ve created 3X3 public cards for each subsection. I grouped the written word together, movie-tv-cartoons and music paired with art. If I’m honest there’s less art because I could only find a few. Also I made a 5X5 public card that was a mixed bag of it all. And if you’re like me, and you want to create your own card, you can head here to the bingo card generator and you can put your works here on our AO3 collection if you so wish.
( Books, Plays, & Poetry and the 3x3 card )
( Movies, TV shows & cartoons and 3x3 card )
( Musical composition, sound recordings & art and 3x3 card )
( mixed card )
Also here are my sources for what is in the public domain. Have fun!
Duke Law
NPR
Standard eBook
wikipedia
