I’m talking, of course, about public domain and the intricacies of copyright law. A few years ago, a 20-year moratorium on published works entering the public domain in the US ended, and now ...

In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey Mouse, which lost copyright protection. But 2025 is not far behind with several iconic books ...

That will not change when the copyright in the Steamboat Willie film ... Despite the cartoons entering the public domain, Disney still holds a trademark for Mickey as a symbol of their brand. No other ...

SEE ALSO: How people are using Mickey Mouse in his post-copyright era However, like last year when Steamboat Willie-era Mickey Mouse emerged from the public domain vault, some of the most ...

The spinach-fueled sailor is one of many characters and works that will lose their copyright status and enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. While the minutiae of copyright law is ...

Under Canadian copyright legislation rights of the author/creator are protected whether or not he or she has marked the work with the standard copyright symbol ... 44, s. 60(1)] Public domain refers ...

Many people want to know, is police footage or vehicle cam video from law enforcement in the public domain ... be subject to claimed copyright (do you see a copyright symbol?

In 2020, however, Gershwin's jazzy classical classic fell out of the friendly skies – and landed in the public domain. Which means, when the copyright expires, anyone is free to use and build ...

DC Comics’ owner, won’t be able to stop these characters from entering the public domain—the time for that has passed after the copyright ... it owns for the Bat symbol or Superman’s ...

Steamboat Willie has passed into the US public domain — but navigating copyright law’s many nuances might be harder than it sounds. Steamboat Willie has passed into the US public domain — bu ...

What may enter copyright in the US, may still be under copyright elsewhere and vice versa. Thus, ‘public domain’ in the US means that people ... and over-shorts still largely remain the defining ...