Popeye, Tintin among works entering U.S. public domain in 2025 : NPR

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An enlarged cartoon of Tintin pictured on display at Paris' Pompidou Cultural Center in 2006. The Belgian cub reporter is among the characters and works entering the public domain in 2025. Jacques Brinon/AP
An enlarged cartoon of Tintin pictured on display at Paris’ Pompidou Cultural Center in 2006. The Belgian cub reporter is among the characters and works entering the public domain in 2025. Jacques Brinon/AP

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Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
December 26, 20245:00 AM ET
By Rachel Treisman

Jan 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It’s the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works. [Editor’s note: And many other works, from 1929, including Hemingway’s Novel, “A Farewell to Arms.”

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