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Almost a century after his big-screen debut, Mickey Mouse enters the public domain Monday, opening the floodgates to potential remakes, spin-offs, adaptations. and legal battles with Disney.
Mickey Mouse enters the public domain on January 1 – the earliest version of him, anyway – and anyone will be free to copy, share, reuse and adapt the character. However, Disney will not make this easy to do.