Mickey shorts and “The Skeleton Dance” are not the only important characters or works that entered the public domain yesterday, The early version of Popeye comics (1929) also entered the ...

“Works from 1929 were first set to go into the public domain after a 56-year term in 1985, but a term extension pushed that date to 2005. They were then supposed to go into the public domain in ...

It's January, and for people in the US, that means the same thing it's meant every January since 2019: a new batch of ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...

"Tintin enters the U.S. public domain in 2025 but is still copyrighted in the E.U. until 2054, because the author died in ...

List of popular intellectual property entering the public domain in 2025 Works from 1929 and sound recordings ... Florey and Joseph Santley"The Skeleton Dance," Disney's first "Silly Symphony ...

“The Skeleton Dance” was released in 1929, is a six-minute long short, and was the first installment in the Silly Symphony series. Written, directed, and produced by Walt Disney himself, the short has ...

Last year we saw one of the biggest characters, Walt Disney’s first rendition of Mickey Mouse as portrayed in the Steamboat Willie short, become free for the public to use as they see fit. This year, ...

However, key elements like Mickey’s iconic white gloves weren’t included—they didn’t appear until 1929. Now, with the copyright expiration of Mickey’s talking debut in The Karnival Kid and 11 other ...