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Yes, Popeye can eat spinach: Everything you need to know about Public Domain Day 2025

Jan. 1 is Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. The works of art, music, ...

What's come into the public domain in 2026? And why does it matter?

What do "I Got Rhythm," "The Maltese Falcon," and "The Little Engine That Could" have in common? They all went into the public domain this year

Public domain contest challenges filmmakers to remix Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and more

Nearly 280 filmmakers entered the Internet Archive's annual contest celebrating creative freedom without copyright restrictions.

"Nazis. US" domain now redirects to the Homeland Security website

Mark Davis, a Congressional Candidate and veteran, has taken credit for setting up the website as a response to recent events ...

Don’t Let Your Domain Name Become a “Sitting Duck”

More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication weaknesses at a ...

Public Domain Day 2026 list: Betty Boop, Disney cartoons, classic books, and more

An early version of the famous Betty Boop character is now in the public domain. Credit: Zhe Ji / Contributor via Getty Images Entertainment Fans of the 1930s character Betty Boop can rejoice as a ...

CSC's Domain Security Report 2026 Finds Unicorns Outpace Global 2000 Companies in Five out of Eight Domain Security Categories

WILMINGTON, Del., January 20, 2026--CSC, an enterprise-class domain registrar and world leader in mitigating brand, fraud, domain, and domain name system (DNS) threats, today released its Domain Security Report 2026, which found that unicorns—privately owned start-ups or relatively new innovative companies with a valuation of over $1 billion—have a higher score than the Forbes Global 2000 companies in five out of eight domain security capabilities. While significantly more unicorns sit in the mi

Public domain, where there is life after copyright

As their copyrights expire, books, music and films - from Sherlock Holmes and "The Great Gatsby," to Walt Disney's original Mickey Mouse - enter the public domain, inspiring new creative ideas, from Broadway musicals to slasher films.

Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using domain names ...

Web Hosting vs. Domain: What Is the Difference?

Web hosting and domains are both essential to publishing a website. Learn how they work -- and how they work together. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured ...

A Great Domain Name Can Add Millions to Your Business — Here’s How to Get One (Even If It’s Already Taken)

Having a relevant domain name greatly increases the business’s credibility, boosts SEO and makes it super easy for potential customers to find the business. Stop treating your domain like an ...

How to create your own Bluesky domain - and why I recommend it

Remember Twitter's blue checkmark? For a while, having one attached to your Twitter handle signified that you were notable or famous in some way. Twitter granted them sparingly. Then, as Twitter ...

How to set up an iCloud Mail custom email domain [Video]

When Apple announced iCloud+ at WWDC 2021, it revealed that paid iCloud tiers would receive additional perks such as support for Private Relay, and Hide My Email. Another perk included with iCloud+ is ...

Domain names 101

Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer ...

How to choose an SEO-friendly domain name

When choosing a domain name for your website, SEO might be on your mind, but the most important factor is creating a domain that aligns with your brand and business goals. A great domain name should ...

Domain Name Case Law

As noted in the introduction, the existing case law has developed under two primary causes of action: trademark infringement and dilution. In addition to reviewing the basic elements of infringement ...

Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice

The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending ...

A Strong Domain Name Boosts Startup Funding Opportunities

Founder of AI companion Friend, Avi Schiffman, made headlines when he spent the majority of his recently acquired funding on Friend.com. Schiffman’s logic was that a strong domain name does a lot of ...

What Are They? Domain Names, Business Entity Names, Trademarks.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I wanted to talk about this because my law firm’s website has a functionality that allows people to check to see if a specific business ...

Google Domains sells to Squarespace as Google surprisingly exits domain registration business

Over the year, it's become commonplace for Google to shutdown one of its many products every now and then. There's an entire website devoted to keeping track of the services "Killed by Google." But, ...