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Betty Boop enters the public domain

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The public domain expanded to include Betty Boop and the Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers, opening them to generative remixing.

Reporting date: 2026-01-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Betty Boop enters the public domain
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Reporting date: 2026-01-05
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-05-public-domain-expands
Claim: The public domain expanded to include Betty Boop and the Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers, opening them to generative remixing.
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- Welcome to January 5, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-5-2026
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