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 new year means that a 95-year-old Disney character is now part of the public domain alongside Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh.

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 will ...

“Mickey’s Mouse Trap” has officially made history. The upcoming indie horror movie has released its first teaser, making it the first movie to show footage ever since the Steamboat Willie version of ...

Fans of the 1930s character Betty Boop can rejoice as a precursor of the iconic cartoon is now in the public domain, as of ...

Disneyland quietly is testing a talking Mickey Mouse character who greets guests by name and has a moving mouth and blinking eyes. Traditionally, the masked characters who interact with visitors don’t ...

There’s no guarantee public domain characters will be in good games, but this one seems more than OK. Mickey Mouse is now playable in a video game! Which is to say, the public domain version of Mickey ...

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A CHRISTMAS COOKIE is an animated Christmas special episode featuring Mouse and his human friend, Oliver ...

Here’s how the film is described: “It’s Alex’s 21st birthday, but she’s stuck at the amusement arcade on a late shift so her friends decide to surprise her, but a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse ...

Right-wing pundit Candace Owens joined the Fox News war on cartoons by attacking Minnie Mouse Wednesday. Disneyland Paris announced earlier in the day that it would celebrate its 30-year anniversary ...

Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer who writes about TV, movies, and has a particular interest in the horror genre. She has a Political Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of ...