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Every year, January 1 marks a new crop of artists and artworks entering the public domain, a holiday affectionately known to some as Public Domain Day.

The reason why? The 1928 short cartoon, "Steamboat Willie," is now in the public domain, just like Winnie the Pooh, Sherlock Holmes, and certain Hemingway novels. In short, although an actual ...

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