The characters as they appear in the animated short films "Steamboat Willie" and "Plane Crazy" entered the U.S. public domain Monday, along with thousands of other works from 1928.

After a two-decade drought brought on by congressional extensions of the copyright period in 1998, works again began entering the public domain — becoming available for use without licensing or ...

Public domain, where art lives after copyright The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular ...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Now in its second year, Trash to Treasure returned with a creative new twist: turning Incline Village’s bear boxes into vibrant canvases that celebrate art ...

The Marx Brothers’ first movie, the early iterations of the comic strip character Popeye, and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell To Arms” are all entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2025.