More Mickey Mouse cartoons and “The Skeleton Dance” animated short will enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. Nearly a year ago on January 1, 2024, “Steamboat Willie,” and the ...

When you watch a Mickey Mouse cartoon, you don’t expect to say, “What the hell?!” Out loud. Repeatedly. But it’s part and parcel when watching the modern Mickey Mouse shorts from executive ...

Mickey Mouse has evolved through the years, and “Steamboat Willie” was his first movie. AFP via Getty Images In the original cartoon short, Mickey Mouse gets into mischievous antics ...

including a new Disney statue as Mickey Mouse embraces the magic. Disney's 1940 animated classic The Sorcerer's Apprentice is one of the more popular cartoons from Fantasia. This film blended ...

The House of Mouse’s earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse from the 1928 Steamboat Willie cartoon have officially entered the public domain in the U.S. as of January 1. This means that ...

The copyright on Mickey Mouse expires today, meaning The Walt Disney Company no longer has the exclusive rights to the character. Does this mean you can put Mickey in your own cartoon? Not exactly.

In essence, Mickey Mouse does indeed enter public domain Monday, but only the specific depiction character from the "Steamboat Willie" cartoon. Aaron Moss, a Los Angeles-based attorney specialized ...

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The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse will now enter the public domain ... The earliest version of Minnie, which also appeared in the cartoon, will enter the public domain on Monday, as well.

There are the red uniforms worn by Mickey’s staff. There’s its family-friendly slogan: “the obligation to be good!” Above all, there’s the cartoon mouse — also called Mickey ...