Mickey Mouse Will Soon Belong to You, Me, Everyone — VOA Learning English
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An early version of Mickey Mouse, the famous Disney character, will soon belong to you, me and everybody else.
The mouse that started a Hollywood empire, along with several other characters, movies, and books will enter the public domain on January 1st.
Public domain is the term to describe creative works that are no longer protected by U.S. copyright law. Once a work enters the public domain, it can legally be shared, performed, reused, or repurposed without permission or cost.
Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse, first appeared publicly in the 1928 film Steamboat Willie. Copyright law at the time provided protection for 75 years. But in 1998, U.S. law extended copyright protection for another 20…
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