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A new year means a new start, and for some pieces of media, it means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most ...

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

Tintin and more iterations of Mickey Mouse are also free to use and adapt. Watch the Spinach: Popeye Sails His Way Into ...

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

The Sound and the Fury,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Maltese Falcon' lose their copyright protection on Jan. 1, and it's ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...

The first iteration of Popeye and Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film are among the copyrighted works that will enter the public domain in 2025.

A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to ...

In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration ... s “A Farewell to Arms” and the original Popeye, but these are just the beginning.

There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 ...

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