Nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons also are becoming public domain, two years after Steamboat Willie made the first version of ...

A year after their film debut, “The Cocoanuts,” entered the public domain, the Marx Brothers’ beloved “Animal Crackers” joins ...

Thousands of works from 1930 are now in the public domain for anyone's use, including original, recognizable figures such as ...

A year after their film debut, “The Cocoanuts,” entered the public domain, the Marx Brothers' beloved “Animal Crackers” joins ...

The original version of Betty Boop has entered the public domain. The cartoon character appeared in her original iteration in ...

A major copyright shift just made Betty Boop’s earliest version free to use — but merch sellers should read the fine print.

Betty Boop reached her 95-year copyright maximum on Jan. 1, which makes her available to creators for use at no cost ...

And a bunch of interesting stuff became street legal this year, including some absolute banger songs from the Dirty '30s. "I ...

Fans of the 1930s character Betty Boop can rejoice as a precursor of the iconic cartoon is now in the public domain, as of ...