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 ...

In 2025, the works unbound from copyright cap off the 1920s with literature, characters and more from 1929 entering the ...

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

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

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

The start of 2025 means thousands of iconic characters and creative works have entered the public domain, including the ...

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

A new year brings lots of new things — including a new batch of entries into the public domain. 2025’s list includes ...

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

The results of public domain can be surprising. Without the confines of strict copyright law, communal use can represent a wild romp for characters long-bound to specific storylines. Both Popeye ...