There are some new Mickey Mouse animations, too.

Summary

As of 2025, works from 1929, including early versions of Popeye and Tintin, have entered the public domain in the U.S., allowing free reuse and adaptation.

Iconic works now public include The Skeleton Dance (Disney’s Silly Symphonies), Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail, William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials Mystery, and Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own.

However, Tintin remains under copyright in the EU until 2054.

This follows recent public domain entries like Steamboat Willie-era Mickey Mouse in 2024, with Betty Boop and Pluto set to join in 2026.

  • FiveMacs
    16•1 month ago

    It’s ok…I am only training my AI model on their data, it’s not theft or whatever…it’s just training ai

    • Flying Squid
      6•1 month ago

      I wonder how a legal case about AI violating trademark would go since that’s a totally different set of laws…

      • @[email protected]
        3•1 month ago

        Trademarks are probably easier to filter out matches than copyrighted works, due to the relatively few number of them and restrictiveness of trademark protections.

    • Lemminary
      1•1 month ago

      Are you a poor? You can’t just do that if you’re a poor. Tssk tssk.