The 2026 Public Domain Freedom Jam

January 1, 2026, marks the arrival of Public Domain Day - the one day each year when the "all rights reserved" padlock is finally removed from a new batch of cultural works. It remains a staggering absurdity that our society permits restrictions on our culture to persist for ninety-five years, effectively locking our shared heritage in a proprietary vault for nearly a century. If you want to…