Dan O’Neill was 53 years ahead of his time. In 1971, he launched a countercultural attack on Mickey Mouse. In his underground comic book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” the lovable mouse was seen smuggling ...

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A discussion of Public Domain must begin with reviewing two standard definitions of the term “Public Domain.” The first definition relates to content being published or made available to the public, ...

Novels by Ernest Hemingway, left, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck figure prominently in this year's trove of newly copyright-free literary works. (Associated Press) Last year, it was Mickey Mouse.

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 — ...

But if copyright holders do pursue another extension, they may find that the road is more difficult than it was in 1998, because the Internet has changed the economics of the public domain. Back in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Dec 30, 2019, 03:46pm EST Dec 30, 2019, 03:46pm EST This ...

Prepare for the parodies: "The Great Gatsby," along with a profusion of other Jazz Age media, has entered the public domain. On the first of January, the United States celebrated Public Domain Day, ...

January 1 marked not only the start of 2020, but also Public Domain Day, when the copyright on a trove of long-protected works of art created in 1924 finally expired. Now, a cache of 95-year-old ...