List of public domain resources behind a paywall

This is a list of significant public domain resources that are behind a paywall, in other words information which it is legal under 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.

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United States

In the United States work of the federal government (with a few exceptions) and anything published prior to January 1, 1923 are in the public domain.

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 Climatic Data Center records

United Kingdom

The National Archives archive

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