Public Domain Day 2014

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @04:51AM from the or-not-so-much dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What could have been entering the public domain in the US on January 1, 2014? Under the law that existed until 1978.... Works from 1957. The books On The Road, Atlas Shrugged, Empire of the Atom, and The Cat in the Hat, the films The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and 12 Angry Men, the article "Theory of Superconductivity," the songs "All Shook Up" and "Great Balls of Fire," and more.... What is entering the public domain this January 1? Not a single published work."

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it keeps us safe by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-31 04:59 · Score: 5, Funny

At least we are safe from a bunch of pseudo-libertarian amateur filmmakers creating their own personal "Atlas Shrugged" movies.
Re:It's for the best by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-31 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Please take your Socialist bullshit somewhere else. Without Atlas Shrugged, we would not have nearly the same amount of stiff resistance to the current administrations redistributionist anti-business agenda.
Re:So who's got a torrent? by DutchUncle · 2013-12-31 06:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Did you just violate copyright on the Bible??????