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

US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...

Popeye, Tintin, and films from Alfred Hitchcock and the Marx Brothers entered the public domain in the U.S. this week.

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

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

Both Popeye and Tintin will walk the path of Steamboat Willie in 2025 − free for use in their original versions. Olive Oyl, Popeye's spunky side-kick and sweetheart is already unbound from ...

This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist ...