Public domain characters offer endless creative freedom for storytellers, filmmakers, and artists. Prominent public domain characters include classics like Dracula, Alice in Wonderland, and Robin ...

For example, when Superman enters the public domain in 2033, new character variations must be based on how he appeared in DC Comics' "Action Comics #1" in 1938.

Then began a parade of characters and stories, led by Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse with many more to follow, marching into the public domain, where anyone can do anything with anything and ...

Then began a parade of characters and stories, led by Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse with many more to follow, marching into the public domain, where anyone can do anything with anything and ...

Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it possible for artists to use them freely. In the years to come they'll be followed by a parade of pop culture ...

Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it possible for artists to use them freely. Classic characters, new stories, fresh mashups. Will it be all be a ...

Films from Hollywood’s early talkie era have started to become public. King Kong, who has one of his enormous feet in the public domain already because of complications between companies that ...

FILE - The eight-story ape King Kong glares down at Manhattan from the Empire State Building, April 14, 1983, in New York. Films from Hollywood's talkie era have begun to become public.