Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.

Thousands of works from 1930 are now in the public domain for anyone's use, including original, recognizable figures such as ...

Nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons also are becoming public domain, two years after Steamboat Willie made the first version of ...

WikiFlix is straightforward to use, right from the homepage. It tracks films added to sites such as Wikimedia Commons, ...

The beginning of 2026 brought new copyrighted items entering the public domain, including multiple iconic Disney cartoons and ...

US copyright law is kinda complicated, but as a rule, films generally remain under copyright for a period of 95 years, ...

Four songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and many more are among the intellectual properties that have ...

Nancy Drew, Betty Boop and the first version of what would become Pluto are among the countless creative works entering the public domain as their copyrights expire on New Year's Day.

Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, Pluto the dog and many more works of art and culture are now in the public domain. Here's what to ...

Betty Boop & Pluto have officially entered the public domain, opening the door for developers to use them freely in video ...

You may have heard familiar names like Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and Mickey Mouse's dog Pluto have all entered what's called ...

"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and ...