https://mashable.com/article/public-domain-day-2025by Mike Pearl
December 28, 2024
Jan. 1 is 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, mine, and everyone's. You can try and do something rude or irreverent with the characters they depict, or if you want you can do something truly subversive: make them into something beautiful.
Below is a breakdown of everything you need to know about the freshly released creative works you can now treat as your own personal outline, canvas, inspiration, or collage material.
- Popeye the Sailor Man
- Tintin
- Maurice Ravel's "Bolero"
- "Tiptoe through the Tulips"
- The Cocoanuts, the first Marx Brothers film
- "Ain't Misbehavin'"
