Marvel Comics has unveiled this year's Black History Month variant covers, illustrated by some of today's most acclaimed ...

Adaptations of Holmes stories are exploding now that the detective is in the public domain. Critics believe it should have ...

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

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

In the U.S., the length of copyright protection for works published before 1978 is 95 years. That means works from 1929 and ...

As we welcome 2025, everyone can also welcome these iconic works as they entered the public domain in the U.S.

Popeye’s very first iteration, who didn’t eat spinach to gain strength, is now free to copy, share, and adapt.

As of Jan. 1, 2025, several iconic books and characters are now freely available for public use, from Ernest Hemingway's "A ...

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

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NEW YORK—From “A Farewell to Arms” to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the ...