Top row: “Underdog” (DreamWorks Classics); “Daredevil” (vol. 1) #1 (April 1964), art by Jack Kirby (Marvel); “Jonny Quest” (Warner Bros.). Bottom row: “US Avengers” #1
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Cartoons that should’ve entered public domain in 2020 (but didn’t)
Top row: The Avengers (art by Jack Kirby / Marvel); Mera from “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” (Warner Bros.); Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble
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Cartoons that should’ve entered public domain in 2019 (but didn’t)
A list of cartoons that would’ve entered public domain in 2019 under their original copyright laws.
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Cartoons that should’ve entered public domain in 2018 (but didn’t)
It’s time for my now-annual look at cartoons that should’ve entered public domain as of today (but won’t), according to the copyright laws the cartoons
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Cartoons that should’ve entered public domain in 2017 (but didn’t)
Top row: Aqualad (DC Comics); the Justice League of America (Art by Mike Sekowsky / DC Comics); the Flintstones (Warner Bros.). Bottom row: Groot (Marvel);
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Cartoons that should’ve entered public domain in 2016 (but didn’t)
Much has been written about how various books, music, films, and so forth have been withheld from entering the public domain. This is due to
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“Happy Birthday” is (presumably) now copyright free
A federal judge has ruled this week that Warner Bros. has no claim to the copyright on the lyrics for “Happy Birthday To You,” the
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The Internet versus SOPA
On January 18th, a good chunk of the Web will be going “dark” to protest SOPA, or the “Stop Online Piracy Act.” SOPA is a
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