Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, Pluto the dog and many more works of art and culture are now in the public domain. Here's what to ...

The beginning of 2026 brought new copyrighted items entering the public domain, including multiple iconic Disney cartoons and ...

With their 95-year copyrights finished, iconic characters, films and musicians from the Jazz Age can be used without ...

The public domain shift means creators can now develop Nancy Drew content freely, from films and stage productions to graphic ...

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 ...

It’s a new year, and you know what that means: a whole new collection of characters and stories are entering the public ...

Some of the works entering the public domain this year include the first four Nancy Drew books and the film adaptation of ...

Nancy Drew, Betty Boop and the first version of what would become Pluto are among the countless creative works entering the public domain as their copyrights expire on New Year's Day.

There are several properties becoming public domain when 2026 begins, including four seminal mystery novels from 1930.

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

Hitchcock’s 'Murder!,' 'Morocco' and 'Dream A Little Dream of Me' enter public domain; plus The Three Stooges and 'St. Louis ...

This is part of an Arts Access series called “Home is where the art is,” which gives an inside look into the art that North Texans treasure in their homes. On Christmas Day in 1974, 5-year-old ...