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Charting New Waters: Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse Sets Sail into the Public Domain

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JANUARY 12, 2024

The copyright for Mickey’s debut appearance in the 1928 short film, “Steamboat Willie,” finally expired, allowing a specific portrayal of the beloved character to become available for public use. This momentous occasion follows a prolonged journey shaped by numerous extensions and revisions of copyright laws.

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Public Domain Intellectual Property Copyright Law Public Use

The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

It is strange because that would mean that the unpublished portions would also be government works available for public use. And it doesn’t have to be a paid performance to qualify,” as Dr Hayleigh Bosher, Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel University London, notes.

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Charting New Waters: Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse Sets Sail into the Public Domain

The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

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