{"id":2339,"date":"2026-01-08T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:57:33","slug":"what-happens-when-icons-enter-the-public-domain-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/?p=2339","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When Icons Enter the Public Domain in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In 2026, creative works such as early versions of Betty Boop, Pluto, and Nancy Drew, published back in 1930\u00b4s, will be into public domain, according to U.S. Copyright law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>What is Public Domain?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In copyright, it happens when the protection term of a work lapses, allowing to use, reproduce, and\/or adapt without a license or permission from its author or copyright holder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This protection time may vary depending on the jurisdiction, e.g. US grants 95-year term, exico a 100-year term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>MUST-KNOW HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Just because its copyright protection has fallen into the public domain, it doesn&#8217;t mean all rights are gone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Only the original 1930&#8217;s versions are free to use, so later versions may still be under copyright so it will require an authorisation or license.<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 These works might be still protected as an industrial property right, such as trademarks (like character names\/logos).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>As creator or business, you need to understand the Legal boundaries, so you may:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid intellectual property infringement<\/li>\n<li>Avoid enforcement actions andlitigation<\/li>\n<li>Have a clear understanding in which assets are safe to publish or commercialize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>THERE&#8217;S LEGAL OPPORTUNITY AND RISK:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2713 Opportunity to revive, reinterpret, or republish public domain works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>X Risk if you use elements that are still copyrighted or protected bytrademarks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>UNDERSTANDING THESE LINES REQUIRES A LEGAL EXPERTISE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>So you can avoid any potential problem for your future and assets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, creative works such as early versions of Betty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2340,"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions\/2340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}