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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Several Gershwin classics, plus cartoons like Betty Boop and Blondie, have reached the U.S. copyright maximum.

Beloved characters entering the public domain with the new year include Blondie, Dagwood, Dick and Jane and Nancy Drew, but ...

With their 95-year copyrights finished, iconic characters, films and musicians from the Jazz Age can be used without ...

"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and ...

The original version of an iconic Disney character has entered the public domain. The Center of the Study of the Public ...