The original versions of Popeye and Tintin have now entered the public domain, leaving potential adaptation possibilities ...

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From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public ...

Characters such as 'Popeye,' 'Buck Rogers,' and 'Tintin' are among the list of works falling into the public domain as of 2025. This as the copyright expires on works produced in 1929.

Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use ...

In 2025, the works unbound from copyright cap off the 1920s with literature, characters and more from 1929 entering the public domain.

According to the American internet media Axios on the 26th (local time), the copyright for Popeye and Tintin, who debuted ...

That means Tintin and other characters from the series “The Adventures of Tintin,” created by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi under the pen name Hergé in 1929, is entering the public domain.

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...

The sailor and boy detective can be reproduced without permission from 2025, but some details, like Tintin’s red hair, are ...