A new year brings lots of new things — including a new batch of entries into the public domain. 2025’s list includes ...

Minstrels would wear white gloves so that their hands would stand out on stage. At a time when cartoons were made in black and white, animators realised that the same principle could help cartoon ...

Fans of Popeye and Tintin may be seeing a lot more of the nostalgic cartoon characters this year — though likely in a new and more mature light.   The fictional sailor and the young Belgian reporter ...

With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo and André Derain are entering the public ...

Many things entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2025, including Disney’s first “Silly Symphonies” piece, the “Skeleton ...

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

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 ...

The nonstop slapstick violence in children’s cartoons has raised concerns about its impact on the emotional development of ...

US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also ...

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