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

It’s a new year, and you know what that means: a whole new collection of characters and stories are entering the public ...

In a kind of copyright twofer, a film called “Cimarron,” and the book it was based on, are now in the public domain. The film ...

All Quiet on the Western Front is arguably the definitive anti-war movie, and it’s legacy is even more important now that ...

Copyright expired for the art, literature, and music of 1930, including Piet Mondrian and Paul Klee masterpieces, on Public ...

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the ...

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

The public domain shift means creators can now develop Nancy Drew content freely, from films and stage productions to graphic ...

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

Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.