“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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

But, in the U.S., commissioned works including books and other media published ... With Tintin characters entering the public domain, it is unlikely Marabout would now face such challenges if ...

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain ... several iconic books and characters are now freely available for public ...