With over five years experience in the gaming industry, Sharon has covered all kinds of gaming content from listcles to news on the latest events. She grew up with three older brothers who spent all ...

Q: I saw on television that the Mickey Mouse character is no longer subject to copyright, or something along those lines. This seems very surprising. Can you clarify? A: In the United States, a ...

Like a genie released from the bottle, you can almost hear the pop culture of 1930 whooping. "I Got Rhythm." "The Little Engine that Could." "The Maltese Falcon." "Animal Crackers" with the Marx ...

Public Domain Day 2026 releases thousands of creative works for free use. As of January 1, literary works from 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 are now available without copyright restrictions. The ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been barely a week since we were singing “Auld Lang Syne” and expressing cautious hope that 2026 might somehow prove better than 2025. (Spoiler: it has not.) Still, for ...

Several Disney cartoons and characters from 1930 have entered the public domain this year. Works in the public domain are no longer protected by copyright and can be freely used and shared. Other ...

Copyright also expired for the original appearances of cartoon and comic book characters Betty Boop, Blondie, and Dagwood. Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Composition of Circles ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — As we start 2026, you may have heard familiar names like Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and Mickey Mouse's dog Pluto have all entered what's called the public domain. It's all to do ...

Four songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and many more are among the intellectual properties that have officially entered the public domain, as part of Public Domain Day 2026.