Spoilers ahead... but mostly only what you see on the covers. Because this Wednesday sees the publication of I Hate Fairyland ...

Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a concurrent holiday: Public Domain Day.

Adaptations of Holmes stories are exploding now that the detective is in the public domain. Critics believe it should have ...

By Travis Fischer, [email protected] It’s a new year and that means a new wave of classic media has entered into ...

Also entering the public domain this week, as Jenkins observes ... Popeye first appeared as a peripheral character in January 1929 in E.C. Segar’s “Thimble Theatre” comic strip. He garnered such ...

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

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There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 ...

A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to ...

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

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 — ...

Celebrated on the first day of every year, Public Domain Day marks the day works with copyrights that expired the year prior enter the public ...