The earliest known version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on Jan. 1, nearly 100 years after the iconic character first appeared in the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie. Under U.S.

The first version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse, which appeared in the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie, has lost its copyright protection. Disney is fiercely protective of its copyrights, recently ...

The Walt Disney Company appears to be coming to terms with the realization that its most iconic character has officially and unequivocally entered the public domain. According to tech site Mashable, ...

Mickey Mouse's precursor Steamboat Willie was introduced by Disney in 1928 but, on January 1, the character entered the public domain. While companies will need to be very careful to avoid being ...

Disney has once again demonetized a third-party Steamboat Willie video, after previously remonetizing it and dropping its copyright claim against it. This time taking issue with the video's audio. On ...

That’s a question that one of the largest personal injury law firms in the United States is asking a federal court in central Florida to decide. The law firm Morgan & Morgan, known for its tagline, ...

John Oliver was a guest on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” on Monday night, and he continued his promotion of the new season of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” by poking the bear that is the Walt Disney ...

That's a question that one of the largest personal injury law firms in the United States is asking a federal court in central Florida to decide. The law firm Morgan & Morgan, known for its tagline, ...

That’s a question that one of the largest personal injury law firms in the United States is asking a federal court in central Florida to decide. The law firm Morgan & Morgan, known for its tagline, ...

FILE - Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses at the Pancoast Hotel in Miami, Fla., on Aug. 13, 1941. (AP Photo, File) ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Is Steamboat Willie “For the people?” That's a question ...