What becomes public domain in 2025? Popeye, 'A Farewell to Arms' among the most famous
A new year means a new start, and for some pieces of media, it means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey Mouse, which lost copyright protection.
These works enter the public domain in 2025
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 — notably the first iteration of Mickey Mouse — 2025 is not without its fair share of noteworthy additions.
Thousands of creative works enter public domain
The start of 2025 means thousands of iconic characters and creative works have entered the public domain, including the classic cartoon strongman Popeye. Here's why these characters are now available for anyone to copy,
2025 Public Domain Day: Popeye, Tintin, more legendary artwork up for grabs
"Singin' in the Rain"? The title track from the hit play and movie entered the public domain Wednesday alongside a bevy of other songs, characters and literature first published in the mid-1920s.
Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain
It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.
Yes, Popeye can eat spinach: Everything you need to know about Public Domain Day 2025
Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. The works of art, music, literature, and film now entering the public domain will be yours,
Public Domain Day makes Popeye and ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ free for all to enjoy
There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 marks the new public domain window for musical compositions. George Gershwin’s 1924 recording of his “ Rhapsody in Blue ” is now in the public domain, as is 1929’s “ An American in Paris, ” also written by Gershwin.
Popeye and Tintin have entered the public domain, so I'll just go ahead and start the countdown clock for our first Sailor Man soulslike
It's a new year, and that means a new crop of iconic characters—some more than others—entering the public domain. According to Title 17 of the United States Code, once 95 years have passed since the creation of any "anonymous work,
Popeye, Tintin, and 8 Other Iconic Works Entering the Public Domain in 2025
As we welcome 2025, everyone can also welcome these iconic works as they entered the public domain in the U.S.
Popeye, Tintin and A Farewell to Arms enter public domain in 2025
At the turn of the new year, several pieces of classic media entered the public domain, making them free to use by anyone. Some of the best-known characters include the earliest Popeye cartoon, as he appeared in the Thimble Theatre comic strip Gobs of Work.
It’s January, which means another batch of copyrighted work is now public domain
It's January, and for people in the US, that means the same thing it's meant every January since 2019: a new batch of ...
Making the Public Domain Even More Horrifying: Modest Proposals for Turning 1920s Classics Into Slasher Fare, From Mickey to Hemingway (Column)
A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to ...
Here are some new public domain titles that could become horror movies in 2025
There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...
Wicked and the Importance of the Public Domain
The Copyright Act of 1790, the first U.S. law of its kind, allowed authors to protect their creative works for 14 years; if ...
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Iconic Works by Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse, and More Join the Public Domain in 2025
With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo and André Derain are entering the public ...