Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey and Minnie, entered the public domain in the US on New Year's Day. It means cartoonists, novelists and ...

Mickey won’t be the only piece of intellectual property free come the New Year. Thousands of other copyrighted works will also go into the public domain, including notable ones like “Lady ...

The early versions of Mickey and Minnie are just two of the works entering the public domain in the US on New Year's Day. Other famous films, books, music and characters from 1928 are now also ...