Walt Disney directed the iconic Skeleton Dance short animated by Ub Iwerks, as well as when Mickey Mouse starred in his first ...

Determining what materials are considered public domain can be a tricky process ... ink and color on paper, 9 3/4 × 7 3/16 inches (24.8 x 18.2 cm) (via Metropolitan Museum of Art) Unveiled ...

A bill that could dissolve five Indiana school districts and turn their district-run schools into charter schools drew much ...

The House Judiciary Committee released transcripts related to its investigation into Hunter Biden and the DOJ's actions.

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection ...

Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. Tintin, the seminal hero of the pulp genre of boy adventurers, enters the United States public domain in 2025, though in a way that probably wouldn’t please ...

While not starring Mickey Mouse, there’s another Disney animated short that will soon enter the Public Domain in 2025 as well: The Skeleton Dance. This first installment in the Silly Symphony ...

From Popeye to books by William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 have entered the public domain. It’s a particularly good year for new public domain films.

The spinach-fueled sailor is one of many characters and works that will lose their copyright status and enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. While the minutiae of copyright law is ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on January 1. That means they can be used and ...