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Not just Mickey Mouse, the copyrights of a number of iconic characters will become public property

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Not just Mickey Mouse, the copyrights of a number of iconic characters will become public property

The news that the Walt Disney Company had lost the copyright to Mickey Mouse suddenly shocked the public because his figure was so linked to the company. After the Winnie The Pooh character entered the public domain in 2022, ‘Steamboat Willie’, which is the first original form of Disney’s Mickey Mouse, officially entered the public … Read more

“A potential for pure terror”: as soon as he enters the public domain, Mickey Mouse becomes a character in a horror film

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“A potential for pure terror”: as soon as he enters the public domain, Mickey Mouse becomes a character in a horror film

Just 24 hours after the first version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain, two new independent horror films starring the famous rodent have been announced. The copyright of the cartoon “Willie’s Steamboat”, a 1928 black and white short film that made Walt Disney’s creature famous, expired on January 1, after 95 years, according to … Read more