Post #53435
2025-12-11 17:37 UTC
licenses mickey mouse 🤔
On January 1, 2024, the copyrights of the first three animated Mickey Mouse cartoons and their portrayal of Mickey Mouse expired in the United States, and they entered the public domain. They are the silent versions of the cartoons Plane Crazy and The Gallopin’ Gaucho, as well as the sound cartoon Steamboat Willie. Newer versions of Mickey Mouse remain copyright-protected.
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@phaedrus@piefed.world 2025-12-11 18:28
In the very quote you pasted: Newer versions of Mickey Mouse remain copyright-protected. It’s only the version that was in those original cartoons that is public domain.
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@ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 2025-12-12 00:17
Mickey Mouse is still protected under the passing off law. Only the actual cartoons are public domain.