Tag: Copyright

‘Steamboat Willie’ and other cartoons enter public domain

‘Steamboat Willie’ and other cartoons enter public domain

Disney’s 96-year-old cartoon “Steamboat Willie” entered the public domain on Monday with the turn of the new year, alongside the earliest depiction of the character Tigger and Charlie Chaplin’s film “Circus.” The expiration of the copyright has been widely interpreted to mean Mickey Mouse himself is now public domain – however, this only applies to […]

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