Topic: Alfred Hitchock

Cultural Gems That Should Be in the Public Domain Today

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If it weren't for the corporate influence over U.S. copyright laws, the brilliant works that would be in the public domain this year include Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief, Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues​, Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp, and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King.

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