Popeye and Tintin are now in public domain

What becomes public domain in 2025? Popeye, 'A Farewell to Arms' among the most famous
But 2025 is not far behind with several iconic books, characters and more freely available for public use. This year will see works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 entering the public domain.
Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain
It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.
Yes, Popeye can eat spinach: Everything you need to know about Public Domain Day 2025
Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. The works of art, music, literature, and film now entering the public domain will be yours,
POPEYE, More MICKEY MOUSE, THE SKELETON DANCE and More Enter the Public Domain in 2025
The new year brings additions to the public domain, allowing creators and fans alike to freely use iconic works that were once locked behind copyright protections. Many of these will most likely be turned into cheap and stupid low-budget horror films.
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"Singin' in the Rain"? The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside a bevy of other songs, characters and literature first published in the mid-1920s.
Public Domain Day makes Popeye and ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ free for all to enjoy
There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 marks the new public domain window for musical compositions. George Gershwin’s 1924 recording of his “ Rhapsody in Blue ” is now in the public domain, as is 1929’s “ An American in Paris, ” also written by Gershwin.
Popeye, Tintin, and 8 Other Iconic Works Entering the Public Domain in 2025
As we welcome 2025, everyone can also welcome these iconic works as they entered the public domain in the U.S.
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Opinion
Column: A Faulkner classic and Popeye enter the public domain while copyright only gets more confusing
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Thanks to public domain, Tintin can now skeleton dance to Rhapsody in Blue
Walt Disney directed the iconic Skeleton Dance short animated by Ub Iwerks, as well as when Mickey Mouse starred in his first talkie. The intrepid Tintin and original Popeye characters have arrived in the public domain as well.
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