Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain this year, but Disney’s iconic rodent mascot isn’t the only piece of intellectual property you can use however you like as of January 1, 2024. Here ...

Here are the works of art entering the public domain in 2024, including the Mickey Mouse short films 'Steamboat Willie' and 'Plane Crazy,' the book Orlando by Vrigina Woolf, and the song 'Let's Do ...

Once a work enters the public domain it can legally be shared, performed, reused, repurposed or sampled without permission or cost.

By law, all films, music, and books created in the United States are protected under copyright. But copyrights eventually expire, and when they do, those works enter the “public domain” which ...

A song said to be in the "public domain" means the ownership rights have lapsed and anyone is free to perform it, record it, or use it on the radio or on a movie soundtrack without paying the ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public ...

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. What is public domain day?

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.

January 1, 2025 will see a slew of classic Disney properties, including those featuring Mickey Mouse, enter the Public Domain. These works from 1929 can now be shared, copied, and built upon by ...

The Marx Brothers’ first movie, the early iterations of the comic strip character Popeye, and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell To Arms” are all entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2025 ...

Beloved cartoons are entering the public domain next year – but what does that mean? Early sound films by Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, and music by Cole Porter and Fats Waller, are also included ...

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. What is public domain day?