By law, all films, music, and books created in the United States are protected under copyright. But copyrights eventually ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in ...

Tintin, now in the Public Domain, gets a modern revival in The Big Lie, to be Kickstartered this year from Fabrice Sapolsky.

The properties entering the public domain in 2025 were first released in 1929—or, in the case of sound recordings, 1924. Here’s an incomplete list: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (Book) ...

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.

Every year, the world celebrates the first of January as Public Domain Day, marking the release of copyrighted works into the public domain. In 2024, ...

"Tintin enters the U.S. public domain in 2025 but is still copyrighted in the E.U. until 2054, because the author died in ...

The day marks the milestone that all of the books, films, songs, and art that was published in the 1920s is now public domain.

List of popular intellectual property entering the public domain in 2025 Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the U.S. This means all books, films, songs and art ...