Public domain images are available to anyone and can generally be used for whatever purpose you like — even commercial use. Images may end up in the public domain for a number of reasons.

While the results are rough and sometimes garbled, they show notable early experimentation with integrating public domain Mickey into the AI space. The new model can create images of Mickey Mouse ...

On January 1, 2025, Popeye—along with thousands of other copyrighted creations—will enter the public domain in the United ... designed to protect words or images linked to a specific brand.

Mickey as Steamboat Willie has entered the public domain. James Devaney/Getty Images North America Now that Steamboat Willie is entering the public domain, Disney will no longer be able to prevent ...

According to U.S. copyright law, the copyright on an anonymous or pseudo-anonymous body of ... created. Images of Mickey Mouse as we now know him will not enter the public domain because those ...

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images "These have gotten immensely popular ... That's why some are turning to the public domain, a set of laws that designate when movies, artwork, music, and books become ...

The characters as they appear in the animated short films “Steamboat Willie” and “Plane Crazy” entered the U.S. public domain Monday ... “The Treachery of Images,” the first Marx ...

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 ...

Even if you're not one for getting dressed up and going out to ring in the new year, there's still something to celebrate on Jan. 1: a new batch of copyrighted works entering the public domain.

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 ...

In 2020, however, Gershwin's jazzy classical classic fell out of the friendly skies – and landed in the public domain. Which means, when the copyright expires, anyone is free to use and build ...