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Thanks to public domain, Tintin can now skeleton dance to Rhapsody in Blue

It's the start of a new year, which means a fresh crop of creative works have entered the public domain.

There are memorable show tunes like Singin' in the Rain and An American in Paris alongside jazz standards Ain't Misbehavin' and(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue and classical hits like the masterwork Boléro. Other notable literary works now in public domain include A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway, Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie and The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. The free games available to PlayStation Plus subscribers this month include Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered.

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