📝 From an article printed Jan 2 this yr…
New books, movies and music enter the U.S. public area at first of every yr. This yr, works debuted in 1929 have joined beforehand added characters reminiscent of “Steamboat Willie” variations of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, which sparked a string of horror-tinged media initiatives final yr, and Winnie-the-Pooh, who was remodeled right into a bloodthirsty killer within the 2023 slasher movie “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey.”Â
In different phrases, there’s cash to be constructed from IP transferring into the general public area 🤑
Notable works for 2026 embody…
- Nancy Drew #1
- Disney’s Pluto & Clarabelle Cow
- Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
- Works of Albert Einstein
- Methods to Win Pals and Affect Folks
💡 Concepts for monetization…
- For written works: an annotated Kindle/print version (KDP)
- AI-narrated audiobooks
- Etsy/Shopify: classic posters, coloring pages, and many others.
Why it really works: huge nostalgia, zero licensing charges, and first-mover benefit on search and marketplaces đź‘Ť
Simply watch out the place you promote, as copyright guidelines differ by nation (eg. Tintin isn’t public area within the EU but).
