Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, Pluto the dog and many more works of art and culture are now in the public domain. Here's what to ...

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

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

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins, law professor and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain.

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

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 ...

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

The failure of PUDSEY THE DOG hasn’t dampened Simon Cowell’s cinematic ambitions – for his next project he will team up with the animators of THE LEGO MOVIE and Sony Pictures Entertainment to bring ...

And a bunch of interesting stuff became street legal this year, including some absolute banger songs from the Dirty '30s. "I ...

The new musical comedy “Boop,” which opens this weekend on Broadway, is one of the year’s few family-friendly shows. There’s no cursing and nothing’s offensive — just like you’d expect from a song-and ...

Betty Boop is returning to the big screen, with Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Animal Logic Entertainment developing and producing the first feature-length film for the feisty cartoon flapper.