For quite some time, copyright laws have shielded many iconic and well-known characters. However, since 2019, some of those existing copyrights have been expiring, meaning that those characters ...
The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on January 1. That means they can be used and ...
The comics characters of Popeye and Tintin are also entering the public domain alongside those works ... otherwise registered with the copyright office or published with a copyright notice.