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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.

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

Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of Public Domain has a helpful roundup, but highlights include the original character of Tintin by Hergé as he appeared in the Le Petit Vingtième ...

Illness, money troubles, loss… The Shaun of the Dead star tells his childhood friend why his teenage years were more horrific than any film ...

A new year brings lots of new things — including a new batch of entries into the public domain. 2025’s list includes ...

Many 1929 works have gone into the public domain, including tracks like 'Singin' In The Rain', as well as characters like Popeye and TinTin.

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public ...

French authorities have arrested two Algerian social media influencers on Friday, for allegedly making terrorist threats and ...

At the turn of the new year, several pieces of classic media entered the public domain, making them free to use by anyone.