Popeye is nearly 100 years old, and his debut appearance is still just as funny today as it was in the 1920s, and shows why ...

January 17, is remembered in history as the day Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny set foot in Moscow after five months ...

Every year, the world celebrates the first of January as Public Domain Day, marking the release of copyrighted works into the public domain. In 2024, ...

In the U.S., the length of copyright protection for works published before 1978 is 95 years. That means works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are open to all in the U.S. from January 1, 2025.

In the good ole days—and I guess that statement dates me—national holidays and national recognition days came few and far between. January would pass by without much fanfare, and Abraham ...

The Sound and the Fury,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Maltese Falcon' lose their copyright protection on Jan. 1, and it's ...

This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to ... of cultural materials that might otherwise be lost to history. — Jennifer Jenkins, Duke University, on the value of the public ...

INSKEEP: You didn't mention Popeye the sailor man yet, did you ... It's a time capsule. It's a moment in history. It's a snapshot through the books, the movies, the comic strips, the music of our ...

As these iconic works enter the public domain. Now free for anyone to copy, share, reproduce, or adapt without needing to ...

This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to the public domain ... This helps enable both access to and preservation of cultural materials that might otherwise be lost to history.” ...