The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection — ...

The blithering idiots in the Bush administration clearly have no imagination. Although the CIA had cleared Flynt Leverett's op-ed for public consumption, the White House, in an attempt to hinder ...

A new year means a new start, and for some pieces of media, it means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey Mouse, ...

M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films, and books that ...

An early Walt Disney movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse is among the copyrighted works from 1928 moving into the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. But the cartoon creature who stars in ...

As 2023 turned to 2024, yet more creative works have shed their copyright protections and joined the public domain. In the United States, which has the world’s longest and toughest copyright periods ...

Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.

The first iterations of Mickey and Minnie Mouse have hit the public domain, with many wasting no time in appropriating the famous characters. January 1 is Public Domain Day and the Disney character's ...

Two of the most sought-after characters in film and television are set to enter the public domain on Jan. 1, which will allow creators to use the original versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse to create ...