From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday.&nbsp;
US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also be copyright-free.
By entering the public domain, the pieces can be copied, shared, reproduced, or adapted by anyone without paying the rights owner.
This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar.&nbsp;
Every December, the Center for the Study of the Public Domain publishes a list of the cultural works that lose their copyright in the new year.
The center, part of the Duke University School of Law in the southeastern US state of North Carolina, makes the list available on its website for anyone to peruse.
"In past years we have celebrated an exciting cast of public domain characters: the original Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh, and the final iterations of Sherlock Holmes from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories," center director Jennifer Jenkins wrote on its website.
"In 2025 copyright expires over more aspects of Mickey from his 1929 incarnations, along with the initial versions of Popeye and Tintin."
Among the literary works entering the US public domain on January 1 are the novels "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner, "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway, "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf, and the first English translation of "All Quiet on the Western Front" by the German author Erich Maria Remarque.
Films that will be in the public domain include Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Black Watch, the first sound film by Oscar-winning director John Ford.
Musical compositions published in 1929, such as "Bolero" by French composer Maurice Ravel and "An American in Paris" by George Gershwin, will lose their copyrights, though only recordings from 1924 or earlier will be in the public domain.

US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films, and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also be copyright-free. The pieces can now be copied, shared, reproduced, or adapted by anyone without paying the rights owner.

From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday. US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also be copyright-free. By entering the public domain, the pieces can be copied, shared, reproduced, or adapted by anyone without paying the rights owner. This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar. Every December, the Center for the Study of the Public Domain publishes a list of the cultural works that lose their copyright in the new year. The center, part of the Duke University School of Law in the southeastern US state of North Carolina, makes the list available on its website for anyone to peruse. "In past years we have celebrated an exciting cast of public domain characters: the original Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh, and the final iterations of Sherlock Holmes from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories," center director Jennifer Jenkins wrote on its website. "In 2025 copyright expires over more aspects of Mickey from his 1929 incarnations, along with the initial versions of Popeye and Tintin." Among the literary works entering the US public domain on January 1 are the novels "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner, "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway, "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf, and the first English translation of "All Quiet on the Western Front" by the German author Erich Maria Remarque. Films that will be in the public domain include Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Black Watch, the first sound film by Oscar-winning director John Ford. Musical compositions published in 1929, such as "Bolero" by French composer Maurice Ravel and "An American in Paris" by George Gershwin, will lose their copyrights, though only recordings from 1924 or earlier will be in the public domain.

Tintin, Popeye, Hemingway among US copyrights expiring in 2025

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.

Popeye, Tintin Enter The Public Domain In 2025

Popeye, Tintin will enter the public domain in the new year

Jhon Jairo Velásquez is a name that may strike most as just another Colombian name, but for a few, it was the personification of their worst nightmares in human form.&nbsp;

Also known as "Popeye," the fixer who worked for Pablo Escobar was one of the most lethal and most efficient killing machine that the druglord could have ever asked for.

His death was caused by stomach cancer, and February 6 was the day he finally passed away at the National Institute of Cancer in Bogotá.

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[Jhon Jairo Velasquez, aka Popeye, Pablo Escobar's top hitman. (AFP Photo)]

Velásquez had been receiving treatment for his ailment since December 31 as a patient admitted in the hospital. He was close to Escobar, whose drug trafficking empire supplied tonnes of cocaine to the US every year. Authorities never had the pleasure of catching him, for he gave himself up in 1992 and spent the next 23 years in prison.&nbsp;

With a body count of more than 250 people, he was released in 2014 only to be arrested again in May 2018 for alleged extortion of individuals who were close to Escobar and now controlled a majority of his assets.

He admitted to having orchestrated over 3000 murders, including a plane bomb that killed 110 people. This 57-year-old who died of stomach cancer is considered by Colombian officials as a notorious murderer whose aid boosted Pablo Escobar's drug empire to new heights.

&nbsp;Velasquez started a Youtube channel called "Popeye_Arrepentido" in August 2015 as a way to create a video log of his journey to repent for his merciless slaughter, to share the grace of God he believed he was given and after murdering people in cold blood, to share the positivity he had found after being away from society and the people who survived his killing spree of more than 250 people.

&nbsp;As of today, the channel has 1.21 million subscribers.

Jhon Jairo Velásquez is a name that may strike most as just another Colombian name, but for a few, it was the personification of their worst nightmares in human form.

Jhon Jairo Velásquez is a name that may strike most as just another Colombian name, but for a few, it was the personification of their worst nightmares in human form. Also known as "Popeye," the fixer who worked for Pablo Escobar was one of the most lethal and most efficient killing machine that the druglord could have ever asked for. His death was caused by stomach cancer, and February 6 was the day he finally passed away at the National Institute of Cancer in Bogotá. [Jhon Jairo Velasquez, aka Popeye, Pablo Escobar's top hitman. (AFP Photo)] Velásquez had been receiving treatment for his ailment since December 31 as a patient admitted in the hospital. He was close to Escobar, whose drug trafficking empire supplied tonnes of cocaine to the US every year. Authorities never had the pleasure of catching him, for he gave himself up in 1992 and spent the next 23 years in prison. With a body count of more than 250 people, he was released in 2014 only to be arrested again in May 2018 for alleged extortion of individuals who were close to Escobar and now controlled a majority of his assets. He admitted to having orchestrated over 3000 murders, including a plane bomb that killed 110 people. This 57-year-old who died of stomach cancer is considered by Colombian officials as a notorious murderer whose aid boosted Pablo Escobar's drug empire to new heights. Velasquez started a Youtube channel called "Popeye_Arrepentido" in August 2015 as a way to create a video log of his journey to repent for his merciless slaughter, to share the grace of God he believed he was given and after murdering people in cold blood, to share the positivity he had found after being away from society and the people who survived his killing spree of more than 250 people. As of today, the channel has 1.21 million subscribers.

Man who orchestrated 3000 murders for drugs kingpin Pablo Escobar dies of stomach cancer

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