"I’ve been collecting the things on VHS and DVD compilations for years and I finally found a good use for them. "I also recycle weird old industrial promos, grainy educational classroom flicks, nudie stag reels and commercials," he said. You can find amazing collections through the Library of Congress."ĭavis notes that even George A Romero's groundbreaking 1968 zombie flick Night of the Living Dead was never properly copyrighted, and is therefore fair game for remixers. "And actually, many of these films are available on the internet. These are the realms in which I unearth my wares," he said. Occasionally, copyright status changes, so always double-check before streaming a public domain download.Where does Davis find this stuff? "Boarded-up libraries, abandoned schools, decaying drive-in movie theaters. Software created before 1974 slides into this category, but you'll still want to be careful when downloading. Some no-copyright movies are in the public domain because the creator declined to copyright their work at all.Īside from free copyright movies, you can find TV shows, music, and even free stock images to enjoy in the public domain. Many silent or black and white public domain films are available online for this reason exactly.
In America, intellectual property becomes a part of the public domain 95 years after being created, if nobody renews the rights to the property.Ī non-copyright movie may precede copyright law as it exists today films like this also fall into the public domain because they were never truly copyrighted in the first place. In the world of intellectual property, content in the public domain has no owner aside from the governing body enforcing the system.
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