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

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

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

The original versions of Popeye and Tintin have now entered the public domain, leaving potential adaptation possibilities ...

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

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

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

Filmmakers working in the ever-expanding genre of public domain horror will soon have even more Mickey Mouse to play with.

Characters such as 'Popeye,' 'Buck Rogers,' and 'Tintin' are among the list of works falling into the public domain as of 2025. This as the copyright expires on works produced in 1929.

Both Popeye and Tintin will walk the path of Steamboat ... Music from 1924 will also enter the public domain this year, with tunes like "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Jack Yellen and Milton ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can now roam freely. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties that became public domain in ...