A year after their film debut, “The Cocoanuts,” entered the public domain, the Marx Brothers' beloved “Animal Crackers” joins ...
Nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons also are becoming public domain, two years after “Steamboat Willie” made the first version of ...
Works released in 1930 hit the U.S. public domain on January 1, including early animation icons, forgotten favorites, and the ...
Betty Boop, the saucy cartoon flapper who debuted nearly a century ago, is about to lose her copyright protection—at least in ...
Today, the character enters the public domain—but perhaps only as a dog. The bizarre saga illustrates what's wrong with ...