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 ...
It’s become an annual ritual: Every Jan. 1, more classic works of art or characters enter the public domain, and exploitation filmmakers with a tiny budget and a big taste for grisliness are ...
From Popeye to books by William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 have entered the public domain. It’s a particularly good year for new public domain films.
A doctor has shared the benefits of taking a shot a day of a 'superfood' drink to lower your chances of falling ill this cold and flu season. With Brits told that UK flu cases have quadrupled as ...
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.