The beginning of 2026 brought new copyrighted items entering the public domain, including multiple iconic Disney cartoons and ...

More Mickey Mouse cartoons and “The Skeleton Dance” animated short will enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. Nearly a year ago on January 1, 2024, “Steamboat Willie,” and the original versions ...

"The Muppet Show" and "Sesame Street" characters, from left, Swedish Chef, Big Bird, Miss Piggy and Kermit, Cookie Monster, and Statler and Waldorf. (Photo illustration by An Amlotte/Los Angeles Times ...

Walt Disney's signature creation, Mickey Mouse, in his breakout 1928 cartoon short, "Steamboat Willie." (Photo: ©Walt Disney/Courtesy: Everett Collection) He may have hit the big 9-4 in calendar years ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...