Winnie the Pooh - Blood and Honey

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Every year a new hall of creative work leaves copyright and enters the public domain. Hollywood's intellectual property, some of it still wildly valuable, is increasingly up for grabs. The first modern copyright law in English-speaking world gave rights to holders in 1710. America followed suit with its first federal copyright law in 1790. In January 2022, the copyrights on Winnie the Pooh expired in America - but no approval from A.A. Milne was needed. Tom Wainwright: Is the world just doomed to reckon with this three-way arms race?

China’s arsenal of nuclear weapons has swiftly expanded; it is now roughly the size of Russia’s and America’s. That will make for a different—and far trickier—landscape of three-way deterrence. We ask what to expect as a mountain of Hollywood’s intellectual property heads for the public domain. And our correspondent checks in on America’s friendliest and most bearded sport. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer