By law, all films, music, and books created in the United States are protected under copyright. But copyrights eventually ...

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

Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the U.S. This means all books, films, songs and art ...

With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo and André Derain are entering the public ...

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

A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to ...

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

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 day marks the milestone that all of the books, films, songs, and art that was published in the 1920s is now public domain.

Characters such as 'Popeye,' 'Buck Rogers,' and 'Tintin' are among the list of works falling into the public domain as of 2025. This as the copyright expires on works produced in 1929.

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

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