What do these people have in common?

• “Little House” author Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Author of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
• Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius
• Aviator Amelia Earhart
• American journalist and author of Archy and Mehitabel, Don Marquis
• Babar author, Jean de Brunhoff

On 1st January 2008 their works passed from copyright protected into the public domain. There are many, many more on this great list Public Domain Day from Copyright Watch.ca .

Expect an upsurge of cheap Babar clothing and lunchboxes this year. ..but only with images up to the time Jean’s still-very-much-alive son, Laurent, took over.