Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public ...

And the Disney icon's public domain presence expands. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. “It’s a trove! There are a dozen new Mickey cartoons — he speaks for the first ...

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 ...

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. This year, Virginia ...

1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.

Even if you're not one for getting dressed up and going out to ring in the new year, there's still something to celebrate on Jan. 1: a new batch of copyrighted works entering the public domain.

And the Disney icon’s public domain presence expands. “Blackmail,” a thriller directed by then-unknown filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, made history as Britain’s very first “talkie” in 1929.