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On January 1, 2024, an early version of Disney’s mascot, featured in the 1928 short film, “Steamboat Willie,” entered the public domain for the first time.
Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain: Shooter game Video game in which public domain-characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Alice, Winnie-the-Pooh and the Monkey King have to shoot an endless group of ninjas. [6] In January, Mickey Mouse was introduced through an update. [7] December 5, 2023 (original release) January 1, 2024 (Mickey Mouse update)
Under this Act, works made in 1923 or afterwards that were still protected by copyright in 1998 would not enter the public domain until January 1, 2019, or later. Mickey Mouse specifically, having first appeared in 1928 in Steamboat Willie, entered the public domain in 2024, [5] with other works following later in accordance with the product's ...
In just a few short days, an early version of Disney’s most iconic character will join the public domain for the first time. For nearly a century, the image of Mickey Mouse has been married to ...
The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection ...
The earliest known version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on Jan. 1, nearly 100 years after the iconic character first appeared in the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie.
The extended copyright terms didn't just stop Mickey and Minnie Mouse from entering the public domain. It also stopped any work of fiction from losing its copyright from 1999 to 2019.
Unpublished works whose authors died in 1953 entered the public domain. The earliest incarnations of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse entered the public domain work in 2024 through Steamboat Willie and the silent versions of Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho. The sound versions of the latter two shorts have entered the public domain in 2025. [8]