Mickey Mouse becomes horror film star as original design copyright expires
Just hours after the copyright of the earliest incarnation of one of Disney‘s most legendary characters expired and entered the public domain, it looked as though Mickey Mouse had swapped his life at Disney Land for the chance to star in a new slasher film.
Well, almost. Steamboat Willie, a 1928 animated short film which features the original version of Mickey and , had been copyrighted to Disney until it expired on January 1 2024. The copyright’s expiration now means that the use of Steamboat Willie (an
