After a copyright eventually expires and the work falls into the public domain,anyone may reproduce or distribute the work under a long-established legal principle that the U.S.Supreme Court reaffirmed in the 2003 case of:

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The case of Dastar v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. reaffirmed the long-established principle that once a copyright expires and a work falls into the public domain, anyone may reproduce or distribute the work without permission. This case was specifically focused on the use of public domain material in a new work without giving credit to the original source.

After a Copyright Eventually Expires and the Work Falls into the Public