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 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection ...

Public Domain Theatre Festival Three Colorado theater companies present three new works based on previous writings, through June 19, The Catamounts, Buntport Theatre, Su Teatro, Boulder Public Library ...

Soulpepper Theatre Company has launched Public Domain, an innovative, open-access initiative designed to encourage and foster creativity, enhance social connection, and strengthen civic life ...

First up is Kira Hawkridge, the founding artistic director of OUT LOUD Theatre. BroadwayWorld Rhode Island readers nominated four area companies as Rising Stars/Theaters to Watch during the 2015 ...

This live concert staging is conceived specially for multi-camera streaming and will give audiences a first chance to experience the music, characters and story of Public Domain. Get the best deals ...

As of next year, only the character as he appeared in a 1929 Thimble Theatre comic strip is public domain. Since he didn’t start eating spinach until 1931, featuring that characteristic in a ...

Why it matters: When creative works enter the Public Domain (PD), exclusive intellectual property rights cease to exist. Users and creators can make (almost) whatever they want with such content ...

Other notable Disney works in the public domain in 2025 are Disney’s first “Silly Symphony” short, titled “The Skeleton Dance,” directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks.

These are just some of the works entering the public domain this year (you can view the full catalog here): The list also includes Popeye, who first appeared in E.C. Segar’s Thimble Theatre ...

On January 1, 2025, Popeye—along with thousands of other copyrighted creations—will enter the public domain in the United States. Every year, Jennifer Jenkins, director of Duke University ...