Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle
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by Jennifer Jenkins, Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0 On January 1, 2024, after almost a century of copyright protection, Mickey Mouse, or at least a version of Mickey Mouse, will enter the United States public domain. The first movies in which the iconic mouse appeared – Steamboat Willie and the silent version of Plane Crazy[1] – were made in 1928 and works from that year go into the public domain in the US on New Year’s Day 2024.[2] (Note that this article is only about US law.
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Steamboat Willie: Sailing into Public Domain, by Conrad T Hannon, Jan, 2024
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Mickey Mouse Enters the Public Domain Transcript
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Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle
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2024 in American public domain - Wikipedia
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