The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...

Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.

Some friends and I, with too much time on our hands, have long been collecting examples of such expressions, which we call ...

Linda Finck on Saul Steinberg; Keith Knight on Little Victories; Michael Maslin on Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell; Walter Scott ...