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 ...

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

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

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

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

Popeye the Sailor, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, is now public domain. Popeye is among a slew of 1929 characters and works, ...

More work from major writers, directors and musicians — along with legendary characters — entered the public domain to start ...

That version alone — and not the Popeye who began appearing in animated shorts five years later — will enter the public domain in 2025. Still, the character is now available to play the hero ...