Nolte: Good News! In Ten Years, Batman and Superman Enter Public Domain
Nolte: In about ten years, Batman and Superman will enter the public domain. This is good news.
Public Domain Works
Nolte: Disney Shamed into Retracting Phony ‘Steamboat Willie’ Copyright Claim After Film Enters Public Domain
The Disney Grooming Syndicate has been forced to back down from bullying a private citizen who legally used Steamboat Willie in a YouTube video.
Disney’s Copyright Expiring on Mickey Mouse Film ‘Steamboat Willie,’ Putting His Early Design in Public Domain
With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year turns to 2024.
2023 Public Domain Debuts Include Last Sherlock Holmes Work
The long-running copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan. 1 include Conan Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes work.
