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

The beginning of 2026 brought new copyrighted items entering the public domain, including multiple iconic Disney cartoons and ...

Every year, copyright expires on intellectual property, releasing more into the public domain where anyone can use it. As ...

The latest Disney Store-exclusive drop is the definition of a collector’s dream. Introducing: Mickey and Minnie Mouse Replica Plush Dolls, recreated from Charlotte Clark’s original 1933 patterns, ...

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. “It's just the sheer familiarity ...

LOS ANGELES — Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain.

Toys date back to prehistoric times, when children fashioned sticks, rocks and clay into playthings. More sophisticated toys appeared in Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. But it wasn’t until the ...

Mickey Mouse arrived on the world’s cultural stage 75 years ago Tuesday as a scrawny but buoyant black-and-white product of the Jazz Age. HE WAS A symbol of American pluck in his screen debut, ...

The public will be able to copy and reproduce thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 in the new year, including flirtatious flapper Betty Boop, nine additional Mickey Mouse cartoons and novels from ...