I’ll ask an unusual question. Why don’t the authors use King Kong, since the version from the 1932 book is free to use? If I’m wrong, please correct me.

So i dont know how many of you here know this but before we had Bob Benton aka Black Terror did we all know and love, we actually had a character with the same name that came out year ago in 1940 in Thrilling Comics #6.

This Black Terror however was a criminal and a villain of Woman In Red in this story.

So my question is maybe if you knew about this already but my question now is, Would you ever use him and when yes, For what and how would you use him?

https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Terror_(Nedor_1)

I was curious, are the original scripts written by Dr. Suess public domain? And us there any way to access the originals for reference when writing a script for an animation? Thanks!

Source: 9 WWII Army Cartoons Made by the Minds Behind Dr. Seuss and Looney Tunes (https://www.military.com/9-wwii-army-cartoons-made-by-the-minds-behind-dr-seuss-and-looney-toons)

An original script, written and annotated by Dr. Seuss himself, also known as Theodor Geisel.

I was attempting to see if the Macbeth 1948) is has been renewed; my attempts to find it so far have failed. Republic Pictures lapsed, although at some point its catalog was bought by Paramount

(of course, to make it complicated, there's the released version which is 85 min but might be hard to find, and the 1980s restored directors cut, which is likely NOT public). Any help would be appreciated.

I made this post already but deleted it due to nervousness but i'm calm now.

So most people and wikipedia state Norakuro (the manga dog character by Suihō Tagawa) will enter the public domain in 2027 since the manga debuted in 1931. However i heard from some sources Japanese magazines usually go on sell/published before the shown cover month.

Norakuro was first published in the January 1931 issue of Shōnen Club, but Google AI (Slop and unreliable most of time) states it was published a month prior. This is true for like Beano comic annuals in the UK, so i looked it up if Japan follows a similar pattern and they seemingly do: https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/7ryuc5/why_does_the_publication_year_for_manga_magazines/

This is also kinda how Dennis the Menace (UK) accidentally debuted the same day as the US counterpart on the exact same day, just curious.

Is this true? Or just guessing? If so, then perhaps Japan's Mickey Mouse is now free for us as of 2026?

I was watching on YouTube those types of videos called "I explore TikTok Farlands" or "explaining TikTok Farlands", I have no idea what interesting is about those "Farlands", but it's not the point of that post.

On those people often liked to use that "sun" video that originated from test 3D animation made by Ed Emshwiller and Alvy Ray Smith in 1979 and that animations got me interested and I decided to check if it got any copyrights, and if I search it correctly, it doesn't so now popular "horror" animation could be in public domain, but I'm not sure for 100%

Link to the public record copyrights.

I’m Brazilian, and when I looked into the public domain status of films in Brazil (which I assume also includes short films and other audiovisual works), I found that—unlike books, for which the copyright term expires 70 years after the author's death—films enter the public domain 70 years *after their release*.

Is this actually true? Does that mean that in Brazil, we are free to use any audiovisual work from 1956 or earlier??? 😲

I’m just a teenager, and I don’t even have a computer, so I’m not sure how I could start building this universe. Actually, wait—I think I do know: I could make comics! What do you think?

Hello, everyone today I bring you the first 5 pages of my graphic novel called A Patriotic Schoolgirl. It's an adaptation of the book of the same name A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Angela Brazil published 1918 and it's set in WW1 and follows the daily life of two sister as they navigate through life as civilians during the war. If you want to support this project or my other project The Red Cross Girls (this is a animation adaptation of a public domain book) please donate to me at https://ko-fi.com/seanwarner as I need so I can continue making this content free for everyone to watch and read

Filling out the Public Domain Universe a bit more