Four songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and many more are among the intellectual properties that have officially entered the public domain, as part of Public Domain Day 2026.

The original version of Betty Boop has entered the public domain. The cartoon character appeared in her original iteration in ...

Betty Boop faces the risk of joining a growing trend of iconic characters being transformed into horror properties once they ...

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins, law professor and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain.

A major copyright shift just made Betty Boop’s earliest version free to use — but merch sellers should read the fine print.

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

Get ready for more Betty Boop, Pluto the Dog and Nancy Drew. Thousands of copyrighted works dating back to 1930 officially ...

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

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

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

Following Mickey Mouse, Bambi, and Peter Pan's horror movie debuts in recent years, Betty Boop is the latest cartoon character to be turned into a bloodthirsty killer. The upcoming horror movie, ...