More Mickey Mouse cartoons and “The Skeleton Dance” animated short will enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. Nearly a year ago on January 1, 2024, “Steamboat Willie,” and the ...

The first iteration of Popeye and Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film are among the copyrighted works that will enter the public domain in 2025.

Many things entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2025, including Disney’s first “Silly Symphonies” piece, the “Skeleton Dance.” Now, everyone can use it.

Movies Popeye, Disney’s Skeleton Dance, and More Hit Public Domain in 2025 Filmmakers working in the ever-expanding genre of public domain horror will soon have even more Mickey Mouse to play with.

That version alone — and not the Popeye who began appearing in animated shorts five years later — will enter the public domain in 2025.

Thanks to public domain, Tintin can now skeleton dance to Rhapsody in Blue Works by Walt Disney, Virginia Woolf, Fats Waller and many more entered public domain today.

Other notable Disney works in the public domain in 2025 are Disney’s first “Silly Symphony” short, titled “The Skeleton Dance,” directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks. The ...

Disney's 1929 Silly Symphonies short "The Skeleton Dance" enters the public domain this year. Credit: Disney ...

While not starring Mickey Mouse, there’s another Disney animated short that will soon enter the Public Domain in 2025 as well: The Skeleton Dance. This first installment in the Silly Symphony ...

On January 1, 2025, these copyrighted works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 enter the public domain.

Somewhat unrelatedly, The Skeleton Dance, the first of Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies series will also enter the public domain, which is great news because The Skeleton Dance still whips.