Are cinema-goers ready for a bloodthirsty Betty Boop? The question will be answered later this year when the Jazz Age cartoon ...

Different laws regulate the actual recordings of songs, and those newly in the public domain date to 1925. They include ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Betty Boop, international animation icon and leading lady, together with Animal Logic Entertainment and Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment today announced their plan to develop and produce Betty Boop’s ...

Betty Boop has been as magnetic and iconic a cartoon character as any, but most people are likely blind to her messy origins. Earlier today, Mashable did a piece on “The real Betty Boop,” a Bronx-born ...

The iconic cartoon character known as Betty Boop just got boop-oop-a-doop Funko Popped! It’s about time. Want more like this? Get the latest drops, ratings, reviews, and more with the ComicBook Gear ...