However, the laws governing the public domain can be tricky. For example: Although Mickey Mouse returned to the people in 2024, this classification only applied to his first appearance in 1928's ...

Bolstering his environmental legacy, President Biden plans to sign proclamations creating the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla ...

Even if you're not one for getting dressed up and going out to ring in the new year, there's still something to celebrate on Jan. 1: a new batch of copyrighted works entering the public domain.

The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside a bevy of other songs, characters and literature first published in the mid-1920s. This year, Virginia ...

While not starring Mickey Mouse, there’s another Disney animated short that will soon enter the Public Domain in 2025 as well: The Skeleton Dance. This first installment in the Silly Symphony ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and repurposed ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and repurposed ...

African Ancestry co-founder Dr. Gina Paige helps Black people connect to their personal history one swab at a time. She credits her family for her interest in connecting others to their lineages.

Pop open a can of spinach and grab a furry friend because Popeye and Tintin are among the classic comic characters becoming part of the public domain in ... is now free for people to use after ...

The spinach-fueled sailor is one of many characters and works that will lose their copyright status and enter the public domain on January ... the character as most people picture him today.

It’s become an annual ritual: Every Jan. 1, more classic works of art or characters enter the public domain, and exploitation filmmakers with a tiny budget and a big taste for grisliness are ...