The original Screamboat saw Steamboat Willie (portrayed by Terrifier‘s David Howard Thornton) transform the Staten Island ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today, we’re launching a new regular column called Cartoon Study, in which our newest contributor – historian and animator Vincent Alexander – will explore animation from the past, as ...

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection — ...

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Every new year a crop of books, music and films become part of the public domain in the U.S. Jennifer Jenkins of Duke University shares a few of the works from 1927 coming our way. On Sunday, a new ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective — which has ...