Are cinema-goers ready for a bloodthirsty Betty Boop? The question will be answered later this year when the Jazz Age cartoon ...

A host of characters, movies, and songs created in the early 1930s will enter the public domain at midnight on Jan. 1, 2026.

In a kind of copyright twofer, a film called “Cimarron,” and the book it was based on, are now in the public domain. The film ...

Thousands of works from 1930 are now in the public domain for anyone's use, including original, recognizable figures such as ...

Jennifer Jenkins, Director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain and clinical professor of law at Duke Law School ...

Betty Boop & Pluto have officially entered the public domain, opening the door for developers to use them freely in video ...

Nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons also are becoming public domain, two years after Steamboat Willie made the first version of ...

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 ...

It’s a new year, and you know what that means: a whole new collection of characters and stories are entering the public ...

For some reason, a character going to public domain continues to lead straight towards a low-budget horror film path. That’s why we have films about killer versions of beloved sweeties Winnie the Pooh ...

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins, law professor and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain.

Nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, the Marx Brothers' film "Animal Crackers," and books by William Faulkner and Agatha Christie are ...