Betty Boop reached her 95-year copyright maximum on Jan. 1, which makes her available to creators for use at no cost ...

Betty Boop and "Blondie" are among the highlights of titles entering the public domain with the arrival of 2026.

Every year, copyright expires on intellectual property, releasing more into the public domain where anyone can use it. As ...

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

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

In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time. Fleischer’s ...

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.

On Aug. 9, 1930 — 95 years ago Saturday — the cartoon character of Betty Boop made her debut with the release of the Fleischer Studios animated short “Dizzy Dishes.” Except this wasn’t quite the Betty ...

Marilyn Monroe sang, “I wanna be loved by you—boop-boop-ee-doop” a la “Betty Boop” in “Some Like it Hot.” And now Betty Boop will be serving it hot in San Francisco with the bow of the first Betty ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) - A woman who owns a Betty Boop-themed diner says in court that her soon-to-be ex-husband is confusing her clients by trying to open a similar business. Teresa Marino and her company ...