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"Singin' in the Rain"? The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside ...

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

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

Tintin, now in the Public Domain, gets a modern revival in The Big Lie, to be Kickstartered this year from Fabrice Sapolsky.

Walt Disney directed the iconic Skeleton Dance short animated by Ub Iwerks, as well as when Mickey Mouse starred in his first ...

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

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

Characters such as 'Popeye,' 'Buck Rogers,' and 'Tintin' are among the list of works falling into the public domain as of 2025. This as the copyright expires on works produced in 1929.

Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It’s the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter ...