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 ...
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"Singin' in the Rain"? The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside ...
Popeye, Tintin, and films from Alfred Hitchcock and the Marx Brothers entered the public domain in the U.S. this week.
That version alone — and not the Popeye who began appearing in animated shorts five years later — will enter the public domain in 2025. Still, the character is now available to play the hero ...
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 ...
Mickey Mouse animations, the original Popeye character and hundreds of other works entered the public domain on January 1, ...
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 ...
A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to ...
There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 ...
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.
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