A: In the United States, a copyright under the current rule (a work created after 1978) has a duration of the life of the ...

The original Mickey Mouse entered the public domain after Disney's copyright on the image expired. A trove of other cultural works published in 1928 also are losing copyright protection. Here are 10 ...

Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.

Steamboat Willie, lMickey Mouse, 1928). Many iconic copyrighted works (most notably, Mickey Mouse) that were first published prior to 1929 fell into the public domain in the United States starting ...

The new year brings new material into the public domain, with works from 1930 that include nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons, Betty Boop, a Marx Brothers movie and novels from William Faulkner, Agatha ...

As another year begins, another round of works enter the public domain, including the earliest appearances of 'Mickey Mouse,' according to Duke University Law School's Center for the Study of the ...

Mickey and Minnie Mouse aren’t the only notable characters or works that lost their copyright protection on Jan. 1, known as “Public Domain Day.” J. M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” play is now up for creative ...

The ‘Steamboat Willie’ version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain. Filmmakers are taking advantage of that –– for horror movies. Disney, though, maintains the copyright on more modern ...

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