It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.

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

Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. The works of art, music, literature, and film now entering the public domain will be yours,

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

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

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

Popeye and Tintin, as well work from several literary classics, are now a part of the public domain. New Year’s Day isn’t just the start of the new year, but it’s also “Public Domain Day” in the world of copyright law.

A new year means a new start and for some pieces of media, it also means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey Mouse,