1929: the year Popeye made his comic strip debut, Mickey Mouse uttered his first word, and Ernest Hemingway published the landmark novel A Farewell to Arms. As of January 1, 2025, a wide range of ...

This year’s crop of creative works exiting copyright protection includes Gershwin’s 'An American In Paris,' Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One's Own, and the Marx Brothers’ feature-film debut.