Join the Internet Archive on January 21 for The Case of the Disappearing Copyright--a daytime virtual celebration of newly ...

Betty Boop is about to swap "boop-oop-a-doop" for bloodshed. A new low-budget horror film titled simply Boop will turn the ...

Betty Boop and "Blondie" are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. That means creators can use and ...

A year after their film debut, “The Cocoanuts,” entered the public domain, the Marx Brothers’ beloved “Animal Crackers” joins it, as they entered their prime of high cinematic antics. The film finds ...

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

If you’ve ever wanted to use Betty Boop in a creative project but assumed copyright law made that impossible, that assumption is officially outdated. On Thursday, January 1, 2026, Duke Law’s Center ...

FILE - Betty Boop collapses on Broadway near 49th Street as handlers work to raise the deflated helium balloon during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. FILE - Irving Berlin, at the piano ...