The first day of the new year marks Public Domain Day. During this annual occurrence, numerous works enter into the United States public domain and are free to use by anyone with no fear of any ...

This ain't the Mickey Mouse from your childhood. An earlier version of the world famous mouse went into the public domain on January 1, 2024. A game studio dropped a trailer for its Mickey-centric ...

Mickey Mouse will appear in new, non-Disney creative works after 95 years of copyright protection of the character expired on Jan. 1. With this, early versions of Mickey Mouse are now part of the ...

Less than a day after Steamboat Willie officially entered the public domain, several virtual adventures starring the world's most famous mouse have begun popping up online. The first couldn't be ...

Well, that didn't take long. Looks like plenty of people were just waiting for the clock to tick past midnight on New Year's Day to take advantage of the first version of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse ...

Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain — or at least his original version has. The cartoon mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie in 1928, which means it entered the public domain in 2024. And, ...

Dan O’Neill was 53 years ahead of his time. In 1971, he launched a countercultural attack on Mickey Mouse. In his underground comic book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” the lovable mouse was seen smuggling ...