Fans of the 1930s character Betty Boop can rejoice as a precursor of the iconic cartoon is now in the public domain, as of Jan. 1, 2026. That means anyone can adapt that specific version of Betty Boop ...

ITN is next turning the cartoon classic "Betty Boop" into a slasher with Betty's Revenge with V/H/S star Hannah Fierman in ...

Nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons also are becoming public domain, two years after Steamboat Willie made the first version of him public property. He’s joined this year by his dog Pluto, who, in 1930, ...

This year, the earliest versions of Betty Boop, Blondie, nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, and the first week of the Mickey Mouse comic strip are all entering the public domain. There's also William ...

The original version of Betty Boop has entered the public domain. The cartoon character appeared in her original iteration in ...

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

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

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 ...

Jennifer Jenkins, Director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain and clinical professor of law at Duke Law School and James Boyle, the William Neal Reynolds professor of law at Duke Law ...

As a result, Fleischer Studios likely can't say it still owns Betty Boop completely, but it can plausibly claim the version with dog ears is the only one now in the public domain, and each subsequent ...

Betty Boop Turns 95 — And Fans Still Can’t Get Enough of the Cartoon Icon originally appeared on Parade. Boop-Oop-a-Doop! Born from the hands of American animator Max Fleischer, Betty Boop first ...