List of public domain resources behind a paywall

This is a list of significant

copyright law

for anyone to copy and distribute, but which are currently charged for on the Internet. Notable categories are some government publications, including legal documents, works on which copyright has expired, including paintings and other artworks, books and journals. In the case of printed works there is often some availability from libraries. Some works may be mirrored by activists on-line, such action may be legal from a copyright point of view, but contrary to the terms and conditions of the site hosting the paywalled information.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2013)

United States

In the United States, all work of the federal government (with a few exceptions) and all items published prior to January 1, 1929 are in the public domain, as are any items published without a complete copyright notice before 1988 or any items published from December 31, 1963 or earlier that did not have their copyrights renewed.^[1] (see: public domain in the United States)

United States federal court documents stored on the PACER system.

Los Angeles Times archive

The Washington Post archive from 1877

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution archive from 1868

The Christian Science Monitor archive from 1908

The Boston Globe archive from 1872

Hartford Courant from 1764

Chicago Tribune from 1852

The New York Times archive from 1851

National Centers for Environmental Information records

The Miami Herald

United Kingdom

The National Archives archive

References

^ "For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-16.

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[1] "For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-16.

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