The new year marks the nerdiest holiday you maybe didn't know about: Public Domain Day. But this year's celebration is extra special. After years of legal battles, "Steamboat Willie," a 1928 Walt ...

After years of Disney stalling and bending copyright law to their will, Mickey Mouse has officially entered the public domain. Independent creators can now play around with the famous mascot as he ...

The first released version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain but not all of the variants of the mouse are free to use. When the calendar changed from 2023 to 2024, the Mickey Mouse known as ...

The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney's copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie” is already ...

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. “It's just the sheer familiarity of all this culture.” ...

LOS ANGELES — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney’s copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie ...

Nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, the Marx Brothers' film "Animal Crackers," and books by William Faulkner and Agatha Christie are ...