Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Lex Villena; WALT DISNEY PICTURES/Newscom The copyright on Mickey Mouse expires today, meaning The Walt Disney ...

A: In the United States, a copyright under the current rule (a work created after 1978) has a duration of the life of the ...

The “Steamboat Willie” version of Mickey Mouse has sailed to Walt Disney’s biggest enemy: the public domain. Much like Winnie the Pooh took his first bloody steps into the public domain last year, the ...

Breaking news, Mickey Mouse is no longer the official Disney mascot. Disney has decided to make their new mascot Figment. Disney is doing this because the Mickey Mouse copyright expired this year. All ...

Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. When Walt Disney first released the cartoon short film Steamboat Willie in ...

Mickey Mouse, the iconic mascot of the Walt Disney Company (and famed monarch/magician in Kingdom Hearts), has been around for so long that the character was first set to enter public domain in 1984, ...

Not often does a single figure alter the artistic landscape, serving as catalyst for a prodigious outpouring of creativity. Such a figure is Mickey Mouse. Even though The Walt Disney Co. recently went ...

The copyright on Mickey Mouse expires today, meaning The Walt Disney Company no longer has the exclusive rights to the character. Does this mean you can put Mickey in your own cartoon? Not exactly.