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 ...

Tintin, the seminal hero of the pulp genre of boy adventurers, enters the United States public domain in 2025 ... his trademark spinach-powered super strength, and Olive Oyl wouldn’t break ...

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 ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on January 1. That means they can be used and ...

NPR’s Planet Money Team Sets Out To Buy A Vintage Superhero The Planet Money team discovered an old superhero languishing in the public domain, a superhero that seems perfect for a radio network.

The spinach-fueled sailor is one of many characters and works that will lose their copyright status and enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. While the minutiae of copyright law is ...

Here's when fans will get season 8. It is safe to say that Horikoshi himself has enjoyed the journey of My Hero Academia to the absolute fullest. This is very well reflected in his Jump Festa ...