The deaths of Charlie Kirk and Raul Grijalva headlined 2025, but Phoenix lost many others in politics, arts, music and food.

Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.

Thousands of works from 1930 are now in the public domain for anyone's use, including original, recognizable figures such as ...

Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, Pluto the dog and many more works of art and culture are now in the public domain. Here's what to ...

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

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

LOS ANGELES — Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain.

A year after their film debut, “The Cocoanuts,” entered the public domain, the Marx Brothers' beloved “Animal Crackers” joins ...

Nancy Drew, Betty Boop and the first version of what would become Pluto are among the countless creative works entering the public domain as their copyrights expire on New Year's Day.

A look at some of the works going into the public domain in 2026, like the characters Betty Boop and Miss Marple, the first film adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front" and many classic songs ...