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Mickey Mouse becomes horror’s newest villain

(NewsNation) — Two days into the new year, 2024 is already giving Americans nightmares as Walt Disney’s beloved Mickey Mouse becomes horror’s latest villain. As of Monday, the Disney icon waltzed into ...
WBAY

Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me — with some caveats

LOS ANGELES (AP) — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films ...
wtvr

It's not just Mickey Mouse. Other notable works entering public domain

Mickey and Minnie Mouse aren’t the only notable characters or works that lost their copyright protection on Jan. 1, known as “Public Domain Day.” J. M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” play is now up for creative ...
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Mickey Mouse horror films in the works as Disney copyright expires – Mickey’s Mouse Trap follows path of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

Barely 24 hours after Disney’s initial copyright on Mickey Mouse expired, two new indie horror films starring the beloved character have been announced. Steamboat Willie, the first Disney film to ...
Forbes

Public Domain Works (Like Mickey Mouse) May Not Be So Public

Steamboat Willie, lMickey Mouse, 1928). Many iconic copyrighted works (most notably, Mickey Mouse) that were first published prior to 1929 fell into the public domain in the United States starting ...