Priyanshu RaiJan 2, 2025
Peter Cottle
Popeye and Tintin have entered the public domain! Now I can sell fan fiction of Tintin-the-hacker and use Popeye to promote arbitrary apps...

...which I always expected to be WAY more common after these kinds of events. When Winnie the Pooh entered public domain in 2022, we got a slasher film (with medium awareness) and not much else. Kinda curious why remix culture isn't stronger when these big IPs become available for all.
Jan 2, 2025 at 2:15pmWeb
Show threadPeter CottleJan 2, 2025
The full list:
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/
Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law

Update: see what's entering the public domain on January 1, 2026! Tweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries are different.[1] On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924.

Show threadJan JohannessonJan 2, 2025
@pcottle Where´s the tobacco pipe?
Show threadEtienne BlancJan 2, 2025
imagine Tintin in the fediverse 🤯
Show threadBennyJan 2, 2025
The Mickey Mouse one was interesting. Steamboat Willy, predecessor to Mickey, entered public domain but Mickey Mouse is technically still Disney’s.

Of course, it did result in this Mickey slasher film (coming out soon!) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamboat
Screamboat - Wikipedia