One day after Steamboat Willie entered the public domain, a horror movie was announced that puts a scary twist on the classic Mickey Mouse short.

A 1928 version of Mickey Mouse appears in the trailer of an upcoming slasher film after becoming public domain on Jan. 1, 2024.

A 1928 version of Mickey Mouse appears in the trailer of an upcoming slasher film after becoming public domain on Jan. 1, 2024.

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.

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.

The earliest version of Mickey Mouse is now public as “Steamboat Willie” loses copyright protections. Disney fought to extend those laws for decades.

Steamboat Willie, the earliest version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse, entered the public domain on January 1, 2024, and on January 1, 2024, the Steamboat Willie parodies began to roll in. As one ...

Mickey Mouse has come to define the entire Disney brand and made his first appearance in the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie, which has now entered the public domain 95 years after its release.

A Steamboat Willie slasher flick was always going to have a pretty hefty dose of goofiness (though Goofy himself is not in the public domain until 2028), but this “Screamboat” monster reveal ...

“Plane Crazy,” Disney’s first Mickey Mouse short, featured a hot-tempered Mickey humiliating and forcibly kissing his beloved Minnie Mouse.

One day after Steamboat Willie entered the public domain, a horror movie was announced that puts a scary twist on the classic Mickey Mouse short.