Who knew "Superhero" was a term only Marvel and DC could use? As of 2025, that will no longer be the case, thanks to the ...

It's a new year, and that means a new crop of iconic characters—some more than others—entering the public domain. According ...

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection ...

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s terrorist attack in New Orleans, state, federal, and local officials will be taking a closer look at the security plan for Super Bowl LIX. As explained by the New ...

While not starring Mickey Mouse, there’s another Disney animated short that will soon enter the Public Domain in 2025 as well: The Skeleton Dance. This first installment in the Silly Symphony ...

Susana Polo is a senior entertainment writer at Polygon, specializing in pop culture and genre fare, with a primary expertise in comic books. Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. Tintin, the ...

For a struggling filmmaker running low on ideas, public domain is all we have for adapting books. —Lee Isaac Chung, director (Minari) FREE FOR ALL E.C. Segar's Popeye the Sailor Man and Hergé’s 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 ...

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The Marx Brothers’ first movie, the early iterations of the comic strip character Popeye, and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell To Arms” are all entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2025.

If it’s your dream to produce a Popeye cartoon, movie, or comic without fear of being sued, you’ll soon have your chance. The spinach-fueled sailor is one of many characters and works that ...