In 2025, the works unbound from copyright cap off the 1920s with literature, characters and more from 1929 entering the ...

It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created ...

It's a new year, and that means a new crop of iconic characters—some more than others—entering the public domain. According ...

Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab-bag this year. Copyrights for creative works typically last 95 years, ...

From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public ...

A new year brings lots of new things — including a new batch of entries into the public domain. 2025’s list includes ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first ...

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...

As we welcome 2025, everyone can also welcome these iconic works as they entered the public domain in the U.S.

Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.