Winnie the Pooh
by Lumic Story Studio
World: The Hundred Acre Wood
Classic 1926 A.A. Milne / E.H. Shepard storybook bear (the public-domain version). Gentle, whimsical adventures of honey and friendship in the Hundred Acre Wood — shown here to demonstrate how an expired-copyright work clears on LicenseOS.
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Free fan & noncommercial use. All-ages, wholesome, no violence. Instant license.
Free fan projects using the 1926 public-domain version only. Attribution required. Use only the original Shepard pen-and-ink; modern studio designs remain protected.
Commercial all-ages storybook use (no violence). 5% revenue share. Requires rights-holder approval.
Characters
The bouncy, striped tiger of the Hundred Acre Wood — in the original 1928 E. H. Shepard style (which entered the US public domain in 2024).
A plump, good-natured teddy bear devoted to honey and to his friends, rendered in the classic 1926 Shepard ink-and-watercolor style.
Pooh's very small, very timid best friend — brave in the ways that count, in a soft striped jumper.
The gloomy but lovable old grey donkey, a pink bow on his tail and a wry, patient melancholy.
Public domain — shown for demonstration only. The original 1926 version is free to use because its copyright has expired. This is not a real licensable property on LicenseOS; it illustrates how an expired-copyright work clears.
- Work:
- A. A. Milne & E. H. Shepard — "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926)
- Entered public domain:
- 2022
- Scope:
- The original 1926 book and Shepard illustrations entered the US public domain on Jan 1, 2022. Later Disney designs (the red-shirt Pooh) and the Tigger character's later appearances remain under separate protection.
The classic 1926 storybook bear of the Hundred Acre Wood.
The Hundred Acre Wood — a gentle English woodland of small, kind adventures.
A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, drawn by E. H. Shepard in delicate pen-and-ink, is the original bear of very little brain and very large heart. In the Hundred Acre Wood, the adventures are small — a lost tail, a blustery day, a search for honey — and the feeling is enormous: friendship, gentleness, and the comfort of a familiar place.
This entry uses only the original 1926 storybook version — the soft Shepard linework, no red shirt, none of the later studio styling. It's here to show, live, what "this work's copyright has expired, so it's free to use" actually looks like in a clearance product.
Tone: Gentle, whimsical, nostalgic. Classic English nursery-book warmth.
Cast
A plump, good-natured teddy bear devoted to honey and to his friends, rendered in the classic 1926 Shepard ink-and-watercolor style.
Pooh's very small, very timid best friend — brave in the ways that count, in a soft striped jumper.
The gloomy but lovable old grey donkey, a pink bow on his tail and a wry, patient melancholy.
Theme track
Hundred-Acre Theme
Gentle, pastoral
30-second theme · matches the 30s video generation
Licensable theme track — comes with the IP. An original instrumental that ships alongside the characters and key art, so a licensee can score their app or video on-brand.
On-brand
- Use the classic Shepard storybook version freely — its US copyright has expired.
- Cozy, gentle, all-ages storytelling true to the original tone.
Bright lines
- Do NOT use Disney's later Pooh design (red shirt, modern styling) — that version is still protected.
- This is a demo entry, not a real listable property.
Available Licenses(4 public tiers)
Fan / Noncommercial
Free fan & noncommercial use. All-ages, wholesome, no violence. Instant license.
Commercial use
Noncommercial use only
Pricing
Free
Permitted
- ✓Generate new content with the IP
- ✓Publicly display outputs
- ✓Create derivative works
- ✓Publish to an app store
- ✓Post on social media
Prohibited
- ✗Allow end-user-generated content
- ✗Download the approved assets
- ✗Make merchandise / print products
- ✗Train / fine-tune AI models on the IP
- ✗Content: Sexual
- ✗Content: Nudity
- ✗Content: Violence
- ✗Content: Gore
- ✗Content: Hate
- ✗Content: Harassment
- ✗Content: Self Harm
- ✗Content: Illegal
- ✗Content: Brand Confusion
Limits
- 500 generations / month
- $0 monthly revenue cap
Terms
- Attribution required
- Review: AUTO APPROVE
- No fixed expiry
- Revocable by the rights holder
Free
Review mode: AUTO APPROVE
Fan / Noncommercial
Free fan projects using the 1926 public-domain version only. Attribution required. Use only the original Shepard pen-and-ink; modern studio designs remain protected.
Commercial use
Noncommercial use only
Pricing
Free
Permitted
- ✓Generate new content with the IP
- ✓Publicly display outputs
- ✓Create derivative works
- ✓Publish to an app store
- ✓Post on social media
Prohibited
- ✗Allow end-user-generated content
- ✗Download the approved assets
- ✗Make merchandise / print products
- ✗Train / fine-tune AI models on the IP
- ✗Content: Sexual
- ✗Content: Nudity
- ✗Content: Gore
- ✗Content: Hate
- ✗Content: Harassment
- ✗Content: Self Harm
- ✗Content: Illegal
- ✗Content: Brand Confusion
- ✗Content: Violence
- ✗Content: Political
- ✗Content: Religious
- ✗Content: Character Death
- ✗Content: Defamation
- ✗Content: Drugs
Limits
- 500 generations / month
- $0 monthly revenue cap
Terms
- Attribution required
- Review: AI REVIEW
- No fixed expiry
- Revocable by the rights holder
Free
Review mode: AI REVIEW
Commercial
Commercial all-ages storybook use (no violence). 5% revenue share. Requires rights-holder approval.
Commercial use
Commercial use allowed up to $5,000/mo (5.0% revenue share)
Pricing
5.0% revenue share
Permitted
- ✓Generate new content with the IP
- ✓Publicly display outputs
- ✓Create derivative works
- ✓Allow end-user-generated content
- ✓Download the approved assets
- ✓Make merchandise / print products
- ✓Publish to an app store
- ✓Post on social media
Prohibited
- ✗Train / fine-tune AI models on the IP
- ✗Content: Sexual
- ✗Content: Nudity
- ✗Content: Violence
- ✗Content: Gore
- ✗Content: Hate
- ✗Content: Harassment
- ✗Content: Self Harm
- ✗Content: Illegal
- ✗Content: Brand Confusion
Limits
- 5,000 generations / month
- 10,000 monthly active users
- $5,000 monthly revenue cap
Terms
- Attribution required
- Review: HUMAN REVIEW
- No fixed expiry
- Revocable by the rights holder
5.0% revenue share
Review mode: HUMAN REVIEW
Creator
Small commercial projects based on the 1926 public-domain text and Shepard illustrations. 8% revenue share. Use only the public-domain version; later redesigns are still protected.
Commercial use
Commercial use allowed up to $5,000/mo (8.0% revenue share)
Pricing
8.0% revenue share
Permitted
- ✓Generate new content with the IP
- ✓Publicly display outputs
- ✓Create derivative works
- ✓Allow end-user-generated content
- ✓Download the approved assets
- ✓Make merchandise / print products
- ✓Publish to an app store
- ✓Post on social media
Prohibited
- ✗Train / fine-tune AI models on the IP
- ✗Content: Sexual
- ✗Content: Nudity
- ✗Content: Gore
- ✗Content: Hate
- ✗Content: Harassment
- ✗Content: Self Harm
- ✗Content: Illegal
- ✗Content: Brand Confusion
- ✗Content: Defamation
Limits
- 5,000 generations / month
- 10,000 monthly active users
- $5,000 monthly revenue cap
Terms
- Attribution required
- Review: AI REVIEW
- No fixed expiry
- Revocable by the rights holder
8.0% revenue share
Review mode: AI REVIEW
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