Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it possible for artists to use them freely. In the years to come they’ll be followed by a parade of pop cultur… ...

Then began a parade of characters and stories, led by Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse with many more to follow, marching into the public domain, where anyone can do anything with anything and ...

Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses at the Pancoast Hotel, Aug. 13, 1941, in Miami, Fla. Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it possible for ...

FILE – Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses at the Pancoast Hotel, Aug. 13, 1941, in Miami, Fla. Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it ...

The public began to notice in 2022, when Winnie the Pooh was freed for use as the 95-year copyright period elapsed on the novel that introduced him.

Thus unfolds the trailer for the 2023 movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a slasher-film riff on A.A. Milne’s beloved characters, brought to you by … the expiration of copyright and the arrival ...