For the first time in more than two decades, an entire year's worth of copyrighted works will enter the public domain.

All music, literature and films released in 1923 will be freely available for you to adapt, remix and reuse as you see fit starting Jan. 1.

They include Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" and Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," along with works from Aldous Huxley and Edith Wharton.

You can also expect Google Books to offer the full text of books from that period and the Internet Archive to add 1923 works to its online library.

Over the next couple of decades, you're going to see films like "Gone With the Wind," "The Wizard of Oz," "Casablanca" and "Citizen Kane," along with comic book characters likeBatman and Superman, entering the public domain, Zerner pointed out.

"We are now living in a new world starting Jan 1. The clock is ticking," he said.

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