Last year, the original version of Mickey Mouse went into the public domain. That doesn’t mean that anyone can use Mickey ...

The earliest versions of Popeye and Tintin have now entered the public domain, along with more iterations of Mickey Mouse.

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...

But now, a very specific and famous work of art has entered the public domain, the brilliant 1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway, ...

Last year, the first of January marked a historic day for the public domain, as Mickey Mouse finally joined it. Disney still has an iron grip over the mouse, but it was loosened slightly, as the ...

All of the films, books, art, and sound recordings released in the entire decade of the 1920s are now officially part of the ...

Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky ...

Horror Explorer is a curated column showcasing January's best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking ...

I t’s January 1, which means that another batch of copyrights has expired and given the horror filmmakers of the world the opportunity to transform beloved old characters into p ...

More work from major writers, directors and musicians — along with legendary characters — entered the public domain to start ...

Each year on Jan. 1, copyright protections expire on a new batch of media, like books, movies, characters and music.