Public Domain Review has a festive nativity featuring works that will enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. In our advent-style calendar below, find our top pick of what lies in store for 2025.

1929: the year Popeye made his comic strip debut, Mickey Mouse uttered his first word, and Ernest Hemingway published the landmark novel A Farewell to Arms. As of January 1, 2025, a wide range of 1929 ...

INDIA, Dec. 4 -- The final seconds before the clock strikes midnight on 31 December are all about celebration. While people around the world joyously usher in the New Year, Americans have double the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Director of the ...

It’s become an annual ritual: Every Jan. 1, more classic works of art or characters enter the public domain, and exploitation filmmakers with a tiny budget and a big taste for grisliness are scouring ...

Are these heads creepy? Yes. Are they copyright violations? As of 2024, probably not. Credit: Daniel Knighton via Getty Images Jan. 1, 2024 is Public Domain Day in the United States — the day a bunch ...

When Walt Disney first released the cartoon short film Steamboat Willie in November 1928, it was groundbreaking. It was one of the cartoons to use synchronized sound, and would go on to become one of ...

A second, as-yet-untitled horror film centered on Steamboat Willie, the earliest iteration of Disney’s beloved children’s character Mickey Mouse, is in the works from director-producer Steven LaMorte ...

Mickey Mouse, one of the most beloved characters of all time, is set to become public domain in 2024. However, it's a bit of a complicated situation as only the earliest form of Mickey from Steamboat ...