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Walt Disney directed the iconic Skeleton Dance short animated by Ub Iwerks, as well as when Mickey Mouse starred in his first ...

There are a ton of new characters, books, films, and songs joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh in the public domain grab ...

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

US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also ...

As we welcome 2025, everyone can also welcome these iconic works as they entered the public domain in the U.S.

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 ...

Here are three classic children's book series for you and your children to read as you bring in the new year of 2025.

This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist ...

Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of Public Domain has a helpful roundup, but highlights include the original character of Tintin by Hergé as he appeared in the Le Petit Vingtième ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can now roam freely. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties that became public domain in ...