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

It's the start of a new year, which means a fresh crop of creative works have entered the public domain. Today, many materials that were copyrighted in 1929, along with sound recordings from 1924, become fair game to freely adapt,

Tintin, now in the Public Domain, gets a modern revival in The Big Lie, to be Kickstartered this year from Fabrice Sapolsky.

The sailor and boy detective can be reproduced without permission from 2025, but some details, like Tintin’s red hair, are still copyrighted.

From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday.

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

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

More work from major writers, directors and musicians — along with legendary characters — entered the public domain to start 2025.

The original versions of Popeye and Tintin have now entered the public domain, leaving potential adaptation possibilities more open than ever.