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

Get ready, nerds: a whole host of iconic works of art — from film, music, animation, books, and more—are coming into the ...

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

January 1, 2025 will see a slew of classic Disney properties, including those featuring Mickey Mouse, enter the Public Domain. These works from 1929 can now be shared, copied, and built upon by other ...

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

Popeye the Sailor and the Belgian boy reporter Tintin lead the class of characters and works of art becoming public domain in ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public ...

(and sound recordings from 1924) will enter into the public domain in the United States, and that includes a good portion of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, a work of explicit and broad anti-Soviet ...

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

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Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public ...