The early version of the cartoon sailor is now in public domain, and he's already the star of a slasher movie.

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin ... appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and ...

For example, even though the 1929 comic strip version of E.C. Segar’s Popeye is public domain, the more iconic animated version of the character produced by the Fleischer Studios won’t become ...

Well Popeye must have entered the public domain. I wasn’t aware of that before, but it must be true because the spinach-loving sailor is the latest iconic character getting an uninspired ...

That's what a few filmmakers did with Mickey Mouse last year, when the first version of Walt Disney's moneymaking rodent shed its copyright and entered public domain. And there's already a Popeye ...

That's what a few filmmakers did with Mickey Mouse last year, when the first version of Walt Disney's moneymaking rodent shed its copyright and entered public domain. And there's already a Popeye ...