The original version of Betty Boop has entered the public domain. The cartoon character appeared in her original iteration in ...

On January 1, 2026, copyrights will expire for comics, books, movies, musical compositions and other creative works from 1930 ...

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

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

Fans of the 1930s character Betty Boop can rejoice as a precursor of the iconic cartoon is now in the public domain, as of ...

"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and ...

Pluto is a cartoon dog character created by Walt Disney Productions, debuting anonymously as a bloodhound in the 1930 short ...

A major copyright shift just made Betty Boop’s earliest version free to use — but merch sellers should read the fine print.

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

And a bunch of interesting stuff became street legal this year, including some absolute banger songs from the Dirty '30s. "I ...

“It really feels like she's such a big part of me,” says Jasmine Amy Rogers of her character Betty Boop in the new Broadway tuner Boop! The Musical, “so it doesn't feel like I'm putting on this second ...

A year after their film debut, “The Cocoanuts,” entered the public domain, the Marx Brothers’ beloved “Animal Crackers” joins ...