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

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

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

"Singin' in the Rain"? The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside ...

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.

The sailor and boy detective can be reproduced without permission from 2025, but some details, like Tintin’s red hair, are ...

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

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

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.

This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist ...