The "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse became public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. Is Disney losing Mickey? Current artists and creators will be able to make use of Mickey, but with major limits.

Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon to star Mickey Mouse, is the star of a new horror trailer after becoming public domain Monday. A trailer for a slasher film "Mickey’s Mouse ...

Mickey Mouse on November 23, 2023, in New York City. Mickey as Steamboat Willie has entered the public domain. James Devaney/Getty Images North America ...

Mickey Mouse made his official screen debut in the 1928 short “Steamboat Willie.” It was the first Mickey cartoon to be released, though not the first one that was made. "Steamboat Willie ...

At least two Mickey Mouse-inspired horror movies have been announced as the 1928 short 'Steamboat Willie' enters the public domain.

"I love that we can take these iconic childhood characters from A.A. Milne's original Winnie-the-Pooh and the 1928 Steamboat Willie version of Mickey and create a whole new wicked universe ...

There are further implications for "Steamboat" Mickey's passage into the public domain, as the mouse has had a major hand in setting the last 30 years – if not longer – of U.S. copyright law.

Disney’s Steamboat Willie already has a second horror movie parody in two days of 2024. Another horror movie featuring the public domain version of Mickey Mouse was announced today.

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.

Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willie.” That early iteration of the iconic Walt Disney character officially entered the public domain on January 1 ...

Mickey Mouse has landed a new role: horror-movie villain. At least two films starring an early version of the Walt Disney Company’s famous mascot were announced this week as the copyright for ...