As of January 1, the 1929 comic strip adventures of Popeye have entered the public domain, which means that—as long as you tread carefully—you can, as noted at the outset, create your own Sailor Man ...

You might know Popeye the Sailor from trawling YouTube for clips of theatrical cartoons from between the 1930s and the 1950s. You might know him from the handful of television series' built around him ...

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.

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share... Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and ...