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On January 1, 2027, US works from 1931 finish their 95-year term and become free. A few big ones:

• Frankenstein and Dracula (the 1931 Universal films)
• City Lights (Chaplin)
• M (Fritz Lang)
• "As Time Goes By", the song. The famous Casablanca recording is from 1942, so that recording is still protected.

One thing I keep running into while researching these: the film going public domain doesn't free everything around it. The sequels stay protected until their own year comes, the "Universal Monsters" brand is a trademark that doesn't expire, and the restored Blu-rays and new scores you find online have their own rights.

I keep a free list of the 1931 film class (CC0), with the date each one becomes free and which ones have a catch: https://bitgitty.github.io/rightsatlas/entering-public-domain-2027/

What are you planning to make with them? Anyone already working on a Dracula or Frankenstein project?

I make classic-film videos, and I got tired of public-domain lists that give a

one-word "yes" with no sources — especially after learning how It's a Wonderful

Life got pulled *back* out of the public domain through its music and story

rights.

So I built RightsAtlas: every film gets a layered report (film print / music

score / underlying story / trademarks / restorations), each layer with its own

status and citations, plus working archive.org links. No green checkmarks

without proof — the site literally refuses to publish a "verified" claim

without a citation attached.

16 films so far (Night of the Living Dead, Charade, His Girl Friday, Metropolis,

Steamboat Willie…): https://bitgitty.github.io/rightsatlas/

It's free, no ads, no signup. I'd genuinely love this community's help:

**which films should I research next?** And if you have primary evidence

(renewal records, court docs) that contradicts anything — that's gold, tell me.

I don’t know where my money goes and whether I can reach my goals. So I ask around few ppl that I know and they have same thing as I do.

People know how much money they have left, but they don’t know where it went, whether they’re progressing toward goals, or whether they are making good financial decisions.

Any suggestions?

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