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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 ...

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

It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created ...

Filmmakers working in the ever-expanding genre of public domain horror will soon have even more Mickey Mouse to play with.

From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public ...

The Sound and the Fury,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Maltese Falcon' lose their copyright protection on Jan. 1, and it's ...

Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use ...

More work from major writers, directors and musicians — along with legendary characters — entered the public domain to start ...

There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 ...

The first iteration of Popeye and Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film are among the copyrighted works that will enter the public domain in 2025.

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first ...