Organisations wrongly claiming copyright restrictions over faithful digital reproductions of public domain heritage are preventing cross-border cultural ...

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America’s creative empire was built on copyright — but now, that foundation is starting to crumble. Every year, thousands of books, films, and songs enter the public domain, becoming free for anyone ...

Gert teams up with Popeye in I Hate Fairyland #45. Will spinach save the day, or will copyright lawyers sink this ship first?

By slipping Aladdin into its script, Genie, Make a Wish joins this tradition. The show nods to the idea that some narratives belong to all of us, no matter how many adaptations exist. It’s a small ...

The lawsuit seeks clarity around whether companies can exploit the earliest depiction of Mickey Mouse from a 1928 animated ...

The mouse is fine with horror pastiches, but draws the line at merch.

While the Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie is in the public domain, a new lawsuit claims Disney is preventing the character's use.

Each year on January 1, 95-year-old copyrights expire and a multitude of works enter the public domain, allowing them to be freely adapted and interpreted by anyone in the United States. Following ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke ...