The new year brings additions to the public domain, allowing creators and fans alike to freely use iconic works that were once locked behind copyright protections. Many of these will most likely be ...
A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to Hemingway and Faulkner.
Minstrels would wear white gloves so that their hands would stand out on stage. At a time when cartoons were made in black and white, animators realised that the same principle could help cartoon ...
Mickey Mouse animations, the original Popeye character and hundreds of other works entered the public domain on January 1, 2025.
Last year, the original version of Mickey Mouse went into the public domain. That doesn’t mean that anyone can use Mickey ...
It's January, and for people in the US, that means the same thing it's meant every January since 2019: a new batch of ...
All of the films, books, art, and sound recordings released in the entire decade of the 1920s are now officially part of the ...
The Copyright Act of 1790, the first U.S. law of its kind, allowed authors to protect their creative works for 14 years; if ...
When Minnesotans file taxes next year, there will be a choice to get half of the state's child tax credit early in advance ...
It's like Dolly Parton without makeup, but Christmas has apparently inspired Shania Twain to embrace a more natural look. The ...
Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use ...
Even though the San Antonio Spurs fell to the Knicks on Christmas Day, Wembanyama still managed to enjoy the moment.