2023 in public domain

In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

Notable films entering the public domain in the United States include Metropolis,[5] the first feature talkie The Jazz Singer, the first Academy Award for Best Picture winner Wings, the lost film London After Midnight, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Napoléon, Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, and the Clara Bow star vehicle It.

[5] Notable books that entered the public domain in the United States include Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, Show Boat by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern, and the original versions of the first three books of The Hardy Boys.

[5][6] In September 2023, comic book writer Bill Willingham release the Fables intellectual property into the public domain,[7] publisher DC Comics continues to claim ownership of the franchise and an intent to enforce its copyright, but has not attempted legal action against Willingham or any unauthorised uses of Fables since.

London After Midnight entered the public domain in this year, after being lost for 58 years in the 1965 MGM vault fire . Only a handful of production stills survive, making it the most sought-after lost film in human history.