From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:12:36 +0000 As a matter of convenience -- but it is part of our statutory law -- works enter the public domain on Jan 1 of the year following the expiration of the term of copyright. Thus, on Jan. 1, 2016, all of the works for which the term expired in 2015 become recognized as outside of copyright protection. Kevin Kevin L. Smith, M.L.S., J.D. Director, Copyright and Scholarly Communications Duke University Libraries