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

Filmmakers working in the ever-expanding genre of public domain horror will soon have even more Mickey Mouse to play with.

As readers everywhere look back at Popeye’s first appearance, a shocking discovery about his romance with his beloved Olive ...

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 ...

Any spinach-fueled super strength might have to wait a couple more years, though.

Think you’ve got what it takes to beat the real-life Popeye? 🥊 Jeff Dave, a world champion arm wrestler with massive hands, is taking on all challengers in this $500 showdown! Watch as people from ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first ...

Popeye the sailor could soon be flexing his spinach-fuelled muscles in new adventures when the copyright on the iconic cartoon character expires on New Year’s Day. He is set to be joined by ace ...

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.

Both Popeye and Tintin will walk the path of Steamboat Willie in 2025 − free for use in their original versions. Olive Oyl, Popeye's spunky side-kick and sweetheart is already unbound from ...

The first iteration of Popeye the Sailor, literary classics by Dashiell Hammett and William Faulkner, Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film, and songs like “Singin’ in the Rain” and ...

Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke University’s Center for the Public Domain, joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk ...