You may have seen it reported elsewhere that derivative works exploiting Popeye’s new public domain status can’t show him ...

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 ...

C. Segar, Popeye entered public domain on January 1 alongside other historic works like Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and the first English translation of All Quiet on the Western Front.

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 ...

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.

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, ...

The results of public domain can be surprising. Without the confines of strict copyright law, communal use can represent a wild romp for characters long-bound to specific storylines. Both Popeye ...

It’s a new year, 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 ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin ... appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and ...

Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.

At least give us an arthouse indie Skeleton Dance. Also being freed into the public domain are Popeye and Tintin’s early cartoons. Which hopefully means that since they can be adapted and shared ...