Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual ...

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. “It's just the sheer familiarity of all this culture.” ...

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

Although one could argue that there are more than this, we've collected eight Western masterpieces that truly changed how the ...