Some of the properties headed into the public domain on Jan. 1 include the first Marx Brothers ... days before the stock market crash began - October 24, 1929 - there's a comic strip in which ...

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 ... As of Jan. 1, 2025, several iconic books and characters are now ...

music and books from 1923 entering the public domain on Jan. 1. For the first time in 20 years, on January 1, a flood of books, movies and music enter the public domain. They're all from 1923 ...

Susana Polo is a senior entertainment writer at Polygon, specializing in pop culture and genre fare, with a primary expertise in comic books. Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. Tintin, the ...

The best literary character entering the public domain in 2022? Winnie the Pooh, a character who debuted back in October 1926 with the publication of A. A. Milne’s children’s book Winnie-the ...

The original, nearly 100-year-old “bear of very little brain” from the Hundred Acre Wood had rung in this new year by entering the public domain ... status as of Jan. 1, with a winking ...

As of January 1, tens of thousands of works from 1923 have been released into the public domain from creators like Charlie Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMille, Louis Armstrong, Bela Bartok, Agatha Christie ...

For example, when Superman enters the public domain in 2033, new character variations must be based on how he appeared in DC Comics' "Action Comics #1" in 1938. That version of Superman didn't fly ...

(US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8.) Similarly ... to use or disseminate copyrighted materials more freely than they otherwise could. The public domain is the name given to the set of ...