Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
Briefly

As Jennifer Jenkins states, "Copyright's awesome - but the fact that rights eventually expire, that's a good thing, too, because that's the wellspring for creativity." This underscores the importance of public domain in fostering new artistic expressions.
Jenkins highlights the trend of adaptations, saying, "They're capitalizing on the incongruity of this comic book character in a different genre and they get a lot of buzz." This reflects how creators leverage public domain characters for fresh narratives.
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