It's the start of a new year, which means a fresh crop of creative works have entered the public domain. Today, many materials that were copyrighted in 1929, along with sound recordings from 1924, ...

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Like a genie released from the bottle, you can almost hear the pop culture of 1930 whooping. "I Got Rhythm." "The Little Engine that Could." "The Maltese Falcon." "Animal Crackers" with the Marx ...

Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.

Piet Mondrian, “Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow” (1930) (image via Wikimedia Commons; all images public domain) January 1 might ring in a new year, but it's also a day when copyright ...

Books featuring a trio of iconic detectives — Nancy Drew, Sam Spade and Miss Marple — are also entering the public domain this year. By The Associated Press Betty Boop and Blondie are joining Mickey ...

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain.The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual ...