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

Betty Boop is about to swap "boop-oop-a-doop" for bloodshed. A new low-budget horror film titled simply Boop will turn the ...

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

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

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

Beloved characters entering the public domain with the new year include Blondie, Dagwood, Dick and Jane and Nancy Drew, but ...

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

Works released in 1930 hit the U.S. public domain on January 1, including early animation icons, forgotten favorites, and the art form's formative experiments.

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

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

Betty Boop and "Blondie" are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. That means creators can use and ...