Betty Boop is about to swap "boop-oop-a-doop" for bloodshed. A new low-budget horror film titled simply Boop will turn the ...

Betty Boop and "Blondie" are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. That means creators can use and ...

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

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

CLEVELAND — Last week, I could have been sued for butchering the classic American song "Georgia on my Mind" on broadcast television, but no lawyers can stop me now, because as of this week, this ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Betty Boop and "Blondie" are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces ...

FILE - Irving Berlin, at the piano, and friends celebrate his 25th year since he wrote "Alexander's Rag Time Band" at a banquet in his honor in Hollywood, Ca., Jan. 20, 1936. Standing behind Berlin, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The year 1930 brought about a slew of raunchy films, the debut of Betty Boop, and the first iteration of Disney’s ...