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

Best-selling authors Michael and Kathleen Gear had 60 of their books illegally downloaded and used as training tools for an ...

The new year brings a fresh start for classics as films, books, and characters enter the public domain with copyright ...

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

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the ...

Fans of the 1930s character Betty Boop can rejoice as a precursor of the iconic cartoon is now in the public domain, as of ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher The Shortest History of AI‎,‎ Toby Walsh, published by Picador India.

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

The longest-serving White House chief usher says presidents before Donald Trump were interested in having a larger space for ...

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 ...