This iconic mouse is weeks away fromn being in the public domain Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when ‘Steamboat Willie’ enters the public domain

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    11 months ago

    Disney themselves benefited from the public domain since they didn’t invent the stories of Snow White, Cinderella, etc.

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      11 months ago

      They didn’t tell them as-written, either, so this is neither here nor there.

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        11 months ago

        You don’t have to remake steamboat willie frame-by-frame either.