Public Domain Characters 2025 Public Domain. An exciting list of works are entering the public domain in 2025. The belgian cub reporter is among the characters and works entering the public domain in 2025.

Works by people who died in 1974, for countries with a term of “life plus 50 years” (e.g. The original popeye and tintin characters will enter the public domain when their copyright expires next week, along with thousands of other comics, books, songs and films.