And the Disney icon’s public domain presence expands. “Blackmail,” a thriller directed by then-unknown filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, made history as Britain’s very first “talkie” in 1929.

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including ...

A new year means a new start, and for some pieces of media, it means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey ...

The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside a bevy of other songs, characters and literature first published in the mid-1920s. This year, Virginia ...

“That Superman is entering public domain doesn’t mean you can go and ... They’d used Mickey Mouse for satirical purposes, corrupting the icon of wholesome pop culture Americana with drug ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public ...

And the Disney icon’s public domain presence expands. “It’s a trove! There are a dozen new Mickey cartoons — he speaks for the first time and dons the familiar white gloves,” said ...