Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.

The works entering the public domain also include “All Quiet on the Western Front,” William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” and ...

The list of 1930 classics that will no longer have copyright protections on Jan. 1 includes the first appearances of The ...

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 ...

On January 1, 2026, copyrights will expire for comics, books, movies, musical compositions and other creative works from 1930 ...

"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and ...

Betty Boop, early 'Nancy Drew Mystery Stories,' Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying,' and more lose U.S. copyright protection on ...

Beloved characters entering the public domain with the new year include Blondie, Dagwood, Dick and Jane and Nancy Drew, but ...

Works released in 1930 hit the U.S. public domain on January 1, including early animation icons, forgotten favorites, and the ...

A host of characters, movies, and songs created in the early 1930s will enter the public domain at midnight on Jan. 1, 2026.

Thanks to Winnie Pooh accidentally terrifying a class full of fourth graders in the new horror film, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, the question on everyone’s mind is when can we expect a field day ...

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” For years, those iconic lines of verse in Robert Frost’s “Stopping by the Woods on a ...