“Steamboat Willie,” finally entered the public domain last year), and two of the most beloved and well-known comic-book and comic-strip characters in the history of the medium. Here are ten of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

With a new year comes a new crop of books, films ... of Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, that list includes a number of iconic characters. The very first appearance of Popeye ...

The works of art, music, literature, and film now entering the public domain will be yours, mine, and everyone's. You can try ...

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 ...

one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey Mouse, which lost copyright protection. But 2025 is not far behind with several iconic books, characters and ...

with a primary expertise in comic books. Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. Tintin, the seminal hero of the pulp genre of boy adventurers, enters the United States public domain in 2025 ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab-bag this year. Copyrights for creative works typically last 95 years, ...