A host of characters, movies, and songs created in the early 1930s will enter the public domain at midnight on Jan. 1, 2026.

Fans are asking if Disney’s iconic mascot Mickey Mouse is public domain and are also curious about the Steamboat Willie horror movie. Here is all you need to know about the current situation. Yes, ...

Betty Boop, early 'Nancy Drew Mystery Stories,' Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying,' and more lose U.S. copyright protection on ...

The most anticipated entry is undoubtedly Popeye the Sailor Man. First appearing in the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip in 1929 ...

A second, as-yet-untitled horror film centered on Steamboat Willie, the earliest iteration of Disney’s beloved children’s character Mickey Mouse, is in the works from director-producer Steven LaMorte ...

When Disney’s 1928 short , the rush began for horror films utilizing Mickey Mouse — or at least that particular version of the character — to enter production, offering a diabolical twist on the ...

LOS ANGELES — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney's copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie ...

The “character-going-to-public-domain-to-baffling-horror-movie” pipeline continues. On top of a whole Poohniverse of terror following Winnie the Pooh: Blood and ...

Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain — or at least his original version has. The cartoon mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie in 1928, which means it entered the public domain in 2024. And, ...

When we reported on the trailer for Screamboat earlier this year, we wrote that three things in this world were certain: “Death, taxes, and the inevitable public domain horror movie about beloved ...

Works of art created in 1930 such as early Betty Boop cartoons depicting her as a dog, Disney's "Rover" prototype for Pluto, ...