It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. “It's just the sheer familiarity ...

Every year, copyright expires on intellectual property, releasing more into the public domain where anyone can use it. As ...

The first released version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain but not all of the variants of the mouse are free to use. When the calendar changed from 2023 to 2024, the Mickey Mouse known as ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage after barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney’s copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from ...

Nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, the Marx Brothers' film "Animal Crackers," and books by William Faulkner and Agatha Christie are ...

Before he became the biggest mouse in the biz, Mickey Mouse welcomed audiences to the movies. Beginning in 1928, the mischievous Walt Disney icon starred in short films that played before the main ...

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

The public will be able to copy and reproduce thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 in the new year, including flirtatious ...