**Entering the public domain worldwide:** Collected works of all authors who died in the year 1953 (Life of the Author + 70 Years)
**Entering the public domain in the USA:** All works published in the year 1928.*
*In the USA, works published before 1978 are copyrighted for a maximum of 95 years, regardless of when the author dies.
This year also marks the end of the long-simmering copyright battle over Mickey Mouse – his first incarnation, as *Steamboat Willie* in 1928, is copyright-free as of midnight.
Happy Public Domain Day!
by PowerToTheSoviets