Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle | Duke University School of Law

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 public domain. The first movies in which the iconic mouse appeared – most famously, Steamboat Willie­[1] – were made in 1928 and works from that year go

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