Just hours after the copyright of the earliest incarnation of one of Disney‘s most legendary characters expired and entered the public domain, it looked as though Mickey Mouse had swapped his life at ...

The first version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse, which appeared in the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie, has lost its copyright protection. Disney is fiercely protective of its copyrights, recently ...

Creative copyright is weird. While you couldn't go out and make your own Star Wars movie without getting sued by Lucasfilm, you can, as of this moment, make a horror movie, in which a version of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oh boy! It's time to celebrate Walt Disney's most iconic character, the one who started it all — Mickey Mouse! On Nov. 18, 1928, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks released the Walt Disney ...

A lawyer has warned the crypto community about the limitations of using “Steamboat Willie,” a copyright formerly owned by Disney but now available in the public domain. On Jan. 2, nonfungible tokens ...

Mickey Mouse’s introduction to the world was the 1928 cartoon, Steamboat Willie. Not only was it the first appearance of Mickey with sound, it was also one of the first cartoons to employ synchronized ...

On Jan. 1, 2024, a version of Disney's iconic mascot, Mickey Mouse, became one of the latest creative works to enter the public domain. After Mickey’s likeness became publicly available, a horror ...