More Mickey Mouse cartoons and “The Skeleton Dance” animated short will enter the public domain on January 1, 2025. More Mickey Cartoons Entering Public Domain Nearly a year ago on January 1 ...

5 Incredibly Bizarre MICKEY MOUSE Cartoons. Amy Ratcliffe. Mon, November 25, 2024 at 4:37 PM UTC. 2 min read. When you watch a Mickey Mouse cartoon, you don’t expect to say, “What the hell?!” ...

Mickey Mouse has evolved through the years, and “Steamboat Willie” was his first movie. AFP via Getty Images. In the original cartoon short, Mickey Mouse gets into mischievous antics, such as ...

The House of Mouse’s earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse from the 1928 Steamboat Willie cartoon have officially entered the public domain in the U.S. as of January 1.

But perhaps most famously, the cartoon introduced the world to the characters of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Mickey Mouse in particular quickly became one of the most iconic characters of the Disney ...

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

Members of the public are now able to use the image of Mickey and Minnie Mouse featured in their first screen release, the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie, after the copyright expired.

“Steamboat Willie," directed by Walt Disney and his partner Ub Iwerks, was the third cartoon featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse the men made, but the first to be released.

5 Incredibly Bizarre MICKEY MOUSE Cartoons. by Amy Ratcliffe. Nov 25 2024 • 8:37 AM. When you watch a Mickey Mouse cartoon, you don’t expect to say, “What the hell?!” Out loud.

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.