By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com It’s a new year and that means a new wave of classic media has entered into the public domain. Aspiring creatives in the United States are now legally ...

When works go into the public domain, they can legally be shared without permission or fee. Community theaters can screen the ...

A few days ago, we all welcomed in another new year, but did you know that Jan. 1 each year is also public domain day? On ...

Jazz Club of Sarasota presents James Suggs, a trumpeter who hails from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Suggs, who began playing ...

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A new year brings lots of new things — including a new batch of entries into the public domain. 2025’s list includes ...

For generations, Popeye has been synonymous with spinach, but in his initial appearance, he powered up in a very different, ...

Fans of Popeye and Tintin may be seeing a lot more of the nostalgic cartoon characters this year — though likely in a new and more mature light. The fictional sailor and the young Belgian reporter are ...

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

In the U.S., the length of copyright protection for works published before 1978 is 95 years. That means works from 1929 and ...

Yes, including Popeye, the seeming innocent who arguably always had a bit of the glint of a serial killer in his eye — but also less obvious fare like Hemingway and Faulkner novels, a Marx ...