Nearly 96 years after its original appearance in “Steamboat Willie,” The Walt Disney Company's copyright of its first iteration of the iconic Mickey Mouse has expired. With the copyright expired, ...

Watch an exclusive clip from the Mickey Mouse short "Tokyo Go" which will debut first on the new Mickey & Friends web site (mickey.disney.com) and Mickey Mouse Video App on July 5th and then air on ...

The original design of Mickey Mouse from the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie officially entered the public domain on January 1, triggering a flood of parodies and memes. Not to mention, a handful ...

It's now Jan. 4, and in the four short days of 2024 so far, a certain cartoon mouse has been so extensively used and abused online that you're no doubt already aware of this fact: Mickey Mouse, at ...

M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films, and books that ...

The new year marks the nerdiest holiday you maybe didn’t know about: Public Domain Day. But this year’s celebration is extra special. After years of legal battles, “Steamboat Willie,” a 1928 Walt ...

Dan O’Neill was 53 years ahead of his time. In 1971, he launched a countercultural attack on Mickey Mouse. In his underground comic book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” the lovable mouse was seen smuggling ...