2025 entries into the Public Domain

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

4:29 That was supposed to have been cut, and somehow I let it slip past, pulling back on any talk over some of the Buck Rogers tech that made it to our present day.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

You don’t know how blessed I am that all of The Disney Cartoons from The 1920’s are now in The Public Domain. All those Disney Channel Stars, Celebs and Adults gives me the creeps😵‍💫

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

What was interesting was watching the Disney Channel in the 90’s when they honored such old time Disney actors as Virginia Davis from the Alice comedies.

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

@@kcthesledgestoryteller It was a sad day when the Disney Channel removed Vault Disney. I used to stay up to watch the early parts of it

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

Might have been Disney not wanting to worry about various demographics taking issue over depictions of them. Not entirely unfounded, but not entirely reason enough to stop showing them either.

[@hectormanuel8360]

Finding his voice is public domain for years.

[@RandallStevenson]

That makes 3 Mickey Mouse shorts in my personal library: Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy, and The Karnival kid. I also didn't download any of them, I actually bought them on DVD.

[@SSJKamui]

On Tintin, the situation also gets more complicated because there is a foundation acting as its right holder and which VERY aggressively acts against even small fans. But there is a certain document which proofs that they cannot be the true rights holders as Herge sold the rights to a third person already (who pretty much does not care.) One certain court case was won with that document but the situation stayed calm afterwards. Nobody tried to challenge them otherwise.

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

Thanks for that insight

[@awesomeferret]

I'm in my late 20s and I grew up watching Fleischer Popeye cartoons and reading the comics. Some of those comics' political satire is even funnier as an adult and has aged very well.

[@Megaspinosaurusrex]

Surprised to see so many icons here. Although considering the amount of media they have appeared in the course of a century, it's gonna be difficult to write a story about let's say Tintin without getting close to his further appearances for now

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

Might work best to make any work with Tintin a period piece. Thanks for the comment.

[@ninedragons1]

So when is Betty Boop going to be public domain?

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

Next year, in fact. That applies to her 1930 design and all cartoons released that year.

[@NightFangClash]

True and I'm excited for it.

[@ninedragons1]

@@kcthesledgestoryteller Ah, that's when she was sorta a poodle. I'll wait till the 1933 version is public. I want to make a cute videogame of her featuring some of her adventures.

[@SSJKamui]

This "except for belgium" is wrong. In international copyright, there is the idea of the rule of the shorter term. (Basically if its free in the US and not in Belgium, you can use it in the US. If the US would have had a longer copyright term than Belgium, then, the term limit of Belgium would apply".) But in the EU, copyright terms have been harmonised by the EU and due to nobody in the US is involved in it, if you are from an EU country, the belgian term limit applies to you. Not the one from the US.

[@CharlesK-n6q]

I'm not surprised that Buck Rogers made the list since the last mainstream project that utilized the character was the 1979 Gil Gerard TV series and to a lesser extent, a pen-and-paper role-playing game from the makers of Dungeons & Dragons which is set in a ret-conned continuity of the original novel Armageddon 2419. Also, since nobody gave two hoots about the character of Bosko, the name that launched Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes brand (other than the racial undertones).....

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

@@CharlesK-n6q I think there is potential with Buck Rogers. It will definitely take on a different angle than in the past amid changed perspectives. I covered Bosko in last year’s ‘new to public domain’ video. For all the use of blackface, he could have easily been worse, but was instead a sympathetic character we were meant to root for

[@hectormanuel8360]

Where did you get that copy of jungle rhythm?

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

Screen recorded off of archive.org/details/jungle-rhythm_1929

[@awesomeferret]

@@kcthesledgestoryteller and you screen recorded it instead of saving time and increasing quality by just downloading it because...

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

@@awesomeferret Time saving. I’ll look into doing more of the downloading for that in the future.

[@julianyume]

could you give me an example of how I could actually use these? Great content!

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

@@julianyume most of the movies can be watched on KZbin, all that and comics can also be found at archive.org/details/moviesandfilms

[@julianyume]

@ what about making apparel? Say a t shirt or a hat?

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

@ You just have to be mindful if the imagery has been trademarked.

[@julianyume]

@@kcthesledgestoryteller but I thought that public domain meant free right of use as long as it’s within the confines of the subject that’s in public domain. So if I want to use v.1 of Popeye pre-spinach power up on a shirt then would that be fair game?

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

@ It’s murky for the layman. That’s where I have to recommend professional legal advice

[@rysiekhulkedinburgh6745]

Does the uk get Popeye as well

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

@rysiekhulkedinburgh6745 Based on: Copyright expires 70 years after the death of the last surviving author or creator - yes

[@NightFangClash]

Popeye has already been public domain in the UK and Europe for a while now.

[@StuntedSlime]

List of terrible upcoming horror movies

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

I’m not enough of a horror fan (mainly a fan of classic horror), and I don’t make to the movie theater nearly enough to have the right insight on the (yeah, pretty broken) Hollywood outlook. As it is, I’ll be playing catch up, after claiming only Godzilla x Kong and Red One for 2024. It’s been mostly the historical insight lately. But who knows what I can figure out on that in the far future.

[@tabalitigi]

not sure how many of these characters will resonate in modern times...like have kids ever seen a sailor's uniform?

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

My kids got a good look at Popeye, and enjoy him some. My son even had in depth talk of proper casting of him. He can’t a Dwayne Johnson type. More a, well, Robin Williams type. Maybe a small minority, but I do believe there are GenZers/GenAlpa-ers that are familiar with.

[@s3studios597]

They have if they watch anime.

[@awesomeferret]

"Some of this stuff exists now, but..." but what? Care to re-render and re-upload? If not, please at least pin a comment.

[@kcthesledgestoryteller]

That was supposed to have been cut, and somehow I let it slip past, pulling back on any talk over some of the Buck Rogers tech that made it to our present day. Thanks for pointing that out.