Different laws regulate the actual recordings of songs, and those newly in the public domain date to 1925. They include ...

This year, the earliest versions of Betty Boop, Blondie, nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, and the first week of the Mickey Mouse ...

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins, law professor and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain.

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

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

Four songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and many more are among the intellectual properties that have ...

Nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, the Marx Brothers' film "Animal Crackers," and books by William Faulkner and Agatha Christie are ...

Created by animator Grim Natwick, and voiced (mostly) by Mae Questel, Betty was the queen of the New York cartoon studio run by Max and Dave Fleischer — Walt Disney's only serious rival in the 1930s.

The musical is directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, a Tony Award winner for 'Kinky Boots.' By Caitlin Huston Business Writer A musical about Betty Boop is the latest to join Broadway’s ...

If you’re a Betty Boop fan, look for Jeri Lynn Brigante at your next car show, rockabilly concert or swing dance. There’s a good chance she might be there with the ladies from the Long Island Chapter ...

She’s been in cartoon strips, television shows and movies. Now, she’s taking center stage in San Diego at a new exhibit at the Comic-Con Museum. The museum on Thursday opened a new exhibit to honor ...