Nearly 280 filmmakers entered the Internet Archive's annual contest celebrating creative freedom without copyright ...

Nancy Drew has survived some scary situations. But the slender, attractive sleuth has just entered the most hair-raising of all: the public domain. On New Year’s Day, 95 years of copyright protection ...

On January 1, 2026, America's favorite teen detective officially escaped copyright protection. The first four Nancy Drew mysteries from 1930—The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The public domain shift means creators can now develop Nancy Drew content freely, from films and stage productions to graphic ...

Works from 1930 can now be used widely for free LMPC via Getty; Rachel Wisniewski/For the Washington Post Cartoons like Betty Boop, books like the Nancy Drew series, movies like All Quiet on the ...

New Year's Day commemorates the passing of time and the start of a new chapter, so it is fitting that the same day also presents an opportunity to breathe new life into thousands of creative works ...

We've been getting more Mickey Mouse, Popeye and Winnie the Pooh comic books now that the characters have entered the public domain, where it comes to copyright, if not trademark. And still a little ...

The original Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and more 1930 works joined the public domain at the start of 2026. Man knocked out in front of 13yo son Mamdani signs executive order revoking his predecessors’ ...

ST. LOUIS – The Parkway Northeast Middle community is mourning the passing of Drew Patchin, a 7th grader from St. Louis, who shared his health journey with FOX 2 years ago. Patchin–who passed away on ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty Boop and "Blondie" are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of ...