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 ...

Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the U.S. This means all books, films, songs and art ...

The copyright-free status of that 1931 strip, however, doesn’t unlock the whole Popeye character until Public Domain Day.

will have to wait a little longer for a copyright-free Tintin. Since Hergé died in 1983, the EU won’t see Tintin in the public domain until 2054, according to Duke University. There will be an ...

With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, and André Derain are shedding their copyright protections and entering the public domain in the United States ...

The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain ... free for use in their original versions. Olive Oyl, Popeye's spunky side-kick and sweetheart is already unbound from ...

The public domain works by keeping works under copyright protection for a set period of time. Once that time expires, anyone is free to use and build upon it in the public domain. These rules were ...

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection ...

This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to the public domain — that is ... artistically significant works to become copyright-free. That means they become available for ...