August 19, 1891: The Marine Corps secured a copyright on the song on 19 August 1891, but has since expired and is now in the public domain. - Marines' Hymn, Wikipedia.

1893: This article incorporates text from the public domain 1893 National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. - John Welsh (diplomat), Wikipedia.

1899: In the United States the character became public domain in 1899 and subsequently appears frequently in all manner of popular culture, from films to videogames to breakfast cereals. - Count Dracula, Wikipedia.

1904: This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926 now in public domain. - Tomarps Kungsgård Castle, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Battle of the Sit River, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Alexander Prozorovsky, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Yevdokim Zyablovskiy, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Alexander Rumyantsev, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Andrey of Staritsa, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Ivan Tvorozhnikov, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Pyotr Bestuzhev, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Pyotr Kireevsky, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Pyotr Gorchakov, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Dmitry Shuisky, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Vasily Pushkin, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Andrei Kobyla, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Feodor Koshka, Wikipedia.

1906: This article incorporates material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Sterzh Cross, Wikipedia.

1908: The original music and 1908 lyrics of the song are now in the public domain in the United States (worldwide copyright remains until 75 years after the composers' deaths), but the copyright to the revised 1927 lyrics remains in effect. - Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Wikipedia.

1909: If no notice of copyright was affixed to a work and the work was "published" in a legal sense, the 1909 Act provided no copyright protection and the work became part of the public domain. - Copyright Act of 1909, Wikipedia.

1911: Article from the public domain 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica - Arnauld family, Wikipedia.

1913: Article in the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 - University of Douai, Wikipedia.

1913: This article incorporates text from the entry Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. - Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Wikipedia.

1913: This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. - Christianity in Cornwall, Wikipedia.

1913: This article incorporates text from the entry Institute of the Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. - Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary, Wikipedia.

1917: The text of the 1917 Scofield Reference Bible is now in the public domain. - Scofield Reference Bible, Wikipedia.

1923: Under United States copyright law all works published in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain. - Catholic Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

1923: This effectively freezes the public domain to works created before 1923 in the United States. - 1998 in the United States, Wikipedia.

1923: Images published prior to 1923 need to be carefully researched to make sure they are in the public domain. - Clip art, Wikipedia.

1923: While others argue that it is in the public domain in the US because they were created prior to 1923, the US Games claim may be valid because the derivative versions of the cards was not in the public domain when US Games created their copyright. - Rider-Waite tarot deck, Wikipedia.

1923: Works published with notice of copyright or registered in unpublished form on or after January 1, 1923, and prior to January 1, 1964, had to be renewed during the 28th year of their first term of copyright to maintain copyright for a full 95-year term. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1925: Charles Chaplin re-edited and scored his 1925 film The Gold Rush for reissue in 1942. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1925: Subsequently, the 1925 version fell into the public domain when Chaplin's company failed to renew its copyright in 1953, although the 1942 version is still under US copyright. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1925: A version was recorded by Billy Murray in 1925, whose version has apparently entered the public domain, although this has not been confirmed. - Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!, Wikipedia.

1938: District Court, ruling against Seltzer when he sued a competitor in 1938, found that the marathon roller race concept had long been in the public domain, so Seltzer couldn't claim copyright violation. - History of roller derby, Wikipedia.

1938: Our Gang Follies of 1938 is one of a handful of Our Gang films in the public domain, as its copyright was not renewed in the 1960s. - Our Gang Follies of 1938, Wikipedia.

January 8, 1941: The book will enter the public domain in 2011, 70 years after the death of its author on 8 January 1941. - Scouting for Boys, Wikipedia.

August 15, 1945: The public domain document Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in Semimonthly Phases to August 15 1945 was produced for the Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1945. - Atlas of the World Battle Fronts, Wikipedia.

1946: In the United States, the images of Frank Capra's film It's a Wonderful Life (1946) entered into the public domain in 1974, because the copyright holder failed to file a renewal application with the Copyright Office during the 28th year after the film's release or publication. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1948: Max Fleischer created an 8-minute animated short in 1948 for Jam Handy that has since fallen into public domain, currently being available on budget-priced DVDs and videocassettes. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special), Wikipedia.

1955: Hence, in Australia works by authors who died before 1955 are still in the public domain. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1955: Photographs taken before 1955 are now out of copyright in Australia. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1955: However in the case of images taken before 1955, it is seen as possibly a request which has no legal basis because the images are public domain. - Copyright expiration in Australia, Wikipedia.

1956: The original book has been in public domain in the United States since 1956. - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wikipedia.

1964: Works published with notice of copyright or registered in unpublished form in the years 1964 through 1977 automatically had their copyrights renewed for a second term. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1964: With the exception of maps, music, and movies, the vast majority of works published in the United States before 1964 were never renewed for a second copyright term. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1968: The distributor of the cult film Night of the Living Dead, after changing the film's title at the last moment before release in 1968, failed to include a proper copyright notice in the new titles, thereby immediately putting the film into the public domain after its release. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

November 7, 1969: Ron Cobb created an ecology symbol and published on November 7th, 1969, in the Los Angeles Free Press and then placed it in the public domain. - Ecology Flag (American), Wikipedia.

1971: The 1971 Sound Recordings Act, effective 1972,^[16] and the 1976 Copyright Act, effective 1978, provide federal copyright for unpublished and published sound recordings fixed on or after February 15, 1972. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

February 15, 1972: Any rights or remedies under state law for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, are not annulled or limited by the 1976 Copyright Act until February 15, 2067. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

February 15, 1972: Sound recordings fixed in a tangible form before February 15, 1972, have been generally covered by common law or in some cases by anti-piracy statutes enacted in certain states, not by federal copyright law, and the anti-piracy statutes typically have no duration limit. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

February 15, 1972: Sound recordings fixed and published on or after February 15, 1972, and before 1978, which did not carry a proper copyright notice on the recording or its cover entered the public domain on publication. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

February 15, 1972: For sound recordings fixed on or after February 15, 1972, the earliest year that any will go out of copyright and into the public domain in the U.S. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

February 15, 1972: On that date, all sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, will go into the public domain in the United States. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

February 15, 1972: Recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, are still covered, to varying degrees, by common law or state statutes. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1972: The film has entered the public domain since the producers neglected to renew the copyright in 1972. - Captain Kidd (1945 film), Wikipedia.

1976: This provision of US copyright law was revised with the United States Copyright Act of 1976, which allowed such negligence to be remedied within five years of publication. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1976: The Copyright Act of 1976, effective 1978, abolished common law copyright in the United States so that all works, published or unpublished, are now covered by federal statutory copyright, with the exception of sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1976: (Alternatively, because copyright has traditionally been seen as a valuable right, one which required registration to achieve, it would not have made sense to contemplate someone abandoning it in 1976 and 1988.) - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1976: They note that the 1976 Copyright Act establishment that unpublished works created before 1978 will enter the public domain by 2003 remained unaffected by the 1998 extension. - Copyright Term Extension Act, Wikipedia.

January 1, 1978: Fixed in tangible form for the first time) after January 1, 1978, is automatically protected from the moment of its creation and is given a term lasting for the author’s life, plus an additional 70 years after the author’s death. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1978: From 1978 to March 1, 1989 the owners of the copyrights had up to five years to remedy this omission without losing the copyright. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1978: For a work made for hire, the copyright in a work created before 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or registered for copyright, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1978: If the work was created before 1978 but first published 1978–2002, the federal copyright will not expire before 2047. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1978: Before 1978, unpublished works were not covered by the federal copyright act. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1980: Under the German laws of the time, the rule of the shorter term applied to foreign works and the opera was thus in the public domain in Germany since the end of 1980, when its 56-year Italian copyright term had run out. - Rule of the shorter term, Wikipedia.

1980s: In the late 1980s, "Nintendo" was becoming synonymous with home video game consoles but Nintendo was able to reverse this process through marketing campaigns. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1988: Until the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, the lack of a proper copyright notice would place an otherwise copyrightable work into the public domain, although for works published between January 1, 1978 and February 28, 1989, this could be prevented by registering the work with the Library of Congress within five years of publication. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1988: Because this law was passed after the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, Congress was well aware that newly-created computer programs (two years worth, since the Berne Act was passed) would automatically have copyright attached. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1988: The Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 states in section twelve that the Act "does not provide copyright protection for any work that is in the public domain." The congressional committee report explains that this means simply that the Act does not apply retroactively. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

March 1, 1989: After March 1, 1989, an author's copyright in a work begins when it is fixed in a tangible form; neither publication nor registration is required, and a lack of a copyright notice does not place the work into the public domain. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

March 1, 1989: This was true prior to March 1, 1989 (according to the USA Copyright office), but is no longer the case. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

March 1, 1989: Since March 1, 1989, no copyright notice has been required. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

August 1, 1989: Since the legislation became law on August 1, 1989, no unpublished works will become public domain under this provision until 2039. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1990: The first reference is actually in a statute passed by Congress, in the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650, 104 Stat. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1990: Although the distinction of allowing an author to release his own work is not explicit in the statute, it may not be literally inconsistent (it is not a "transfer" or a "license," and it arguably is not a grant of a right under copyright), and this reading is necessary to comply with the 1990 Act discussed above, as well as the case law discussed below. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1990: Since the majority of Holmes' loops and stag films have gone into public domain following the collapse of Caballero Control Corporation in 1990, there are efforts underway to locate all surviving 8 mm loops starring Holmes that he made during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s and convert them to DVD for posterity. - John Holmes (pornographic actor), Wikipedia.

April 30, 1993: The CERN directorate released the source code of WorldWideWeb into the public domain, making it free software. - WorldWideWeb, Wikipedia.

1993: However in 1993, Republic Pictures utilized the 1990 United States Supreme Court ruling in Stewart v. Abend to enforce its claim of copyright because the film was a derivative work of a short story that was under a separate, existing copyright, to which Republic owned the film adaptation rights, effectively regaining control of the work in its complete form. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

1993: The source code was released into the public domain in 1993. - WorldWideWeb, Wikipedia.

1993: Split cassette with Public Domain 1993 - Nekhei Na'atza (band), Wikipedia.

January 26, 1994: Brendon Wyber released the first public domain version of the Doom Editing Utility (DEU), a program created by Doom fans which made it possible to create entirely new levels, was uploaded to the Internet. - Doom WAD, Wikipedia.

1994: The Eskimo and released in 1994 into the public domain. - Internet Config, Wikipedia.

October, 1995: A Horror Host television program that showed public domain horror and science fiction movies, produced from October 1995 until September 2006. - The Spooky Movie Film Festival, Wikipedia.

1998: As the dub fell into the public domain, it was released on DVD by Image Entertainment in 1998, without the still-copyrighted Japanese dialogue. - Mystery of Mamo, Wikipedia.

1998: The practical result of this was to prevent a number of works from entering the public domain in 1998 and following years, as would have occurred under the Copyright Law of 1976. - Eldred v. Ashcroft, Wikipedia.

February 18, 1999: The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York decided the case between the Bridgeman Art Library which had photographic reproductions of works of art which were already in public domain available on the internet, which were used by the Corel corporation on a CD-ROM. - Copyright expiration in Australia, Wikipedia.

October, 2000: It was invented by James Kyle and released into international public domain by him in October 2000. - piecepack, Wikipedia.

2003: This article has been taken directly from a 2003 public domain report published by the California Department of Fish and Game - San Diego Mountain Kingsnake, Wikipedia.

2004: Australia passed a 20-year copyright extension in 2004, but delayed its effect until 2005, and did not make it revive already-expired copyrights. - Public domain, Wikipedia.

2004: Development of the original Goomba seems to have been ceased in 2004, however since the source code is available in the public domain, an unofficial version has been forked with Game Boy Color support, named Goomba Color, by Dan Weiss (Dwedit). - Goomba (emulator), Wikipedia.

January, 2005: Islamophobia Watch is a website initiated in January 2005 as a non-profit project to document material in the public domain which, according to Islamophobia Watch, advocates fear and hatred of Muslims around the world and Islam as a religion. - Islamophobia Watch, Wikipedia.

2006: While originally slated to be released worldwide before the end of 2006, totally for free on different PC operating systems in the Public Domain. - Diamond Crush, Wikipedia.

2007: The publisher Dynamite Entertainment said in 2007 that Black Terror would be one of several public domain Golden Age characters that would appear in the comic-book series Project Superpowers, by writer Jim Krueger and artist Alex Ross. - Black Terror, Wikipedia.

November, 2007: Qmail was released to the public domain in November 2007. - qmail, Wikipedia.

2008: The Target and the Targeteers were among the many public domain characters to appear in Project Superpowers, a miniseries from Dynamite Entertainment. - Target and the Targeteers, Wikipedia.

January 13, 2009: All banknotes, Bearer Cheques and Agro (Agricultural) Cheques of the first two incarnations of the Zimbabwe dollar (ZWD and ZWN) are confirmed to be in public domain as of 13 January 2009. - Category:PD-ZW-currency-exempt, Wikipedia.

December 31, 2039: Crown copyright last for fifty years after publication, or 125 years after creation for unpublished works (s. 163): however, no unpublished works of the Crown will come into the public domain until 31 December 2039, that is fifty years after the commencement of section 163. - Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Wikipedia.

2043: Will be 2043,^[19] and not in any substantial number until 2048. - Public domain, Wikipedia.