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

The new year brings additions to the public domain, allowing creators and fans alike to freely use iconic works that were ...

Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film, literary classics by Dashiell Hammett, Virginia Woolf, and William Faulkner, and additional Mickey Mouses are now fair use as of ...

DeMille's Dynamite. 1929 was also the year when Walt Disney directed the iconic Skeleton Dance short animated by Ub Iwerks, as well as when Mickey Mouse starred in his first talkie. The intrepid ...

Popeye the Sailor, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, is now public domain. Popeye is among a slew of 1929 characters and works, ...

When works go into the public domain, they can legally be shared without permission or fee. Community theaters can screen the ...

Popeye joining Mickey Mouse in the public domain, along with the first appearance of Mickey's signature white gloves.

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 — ...