Disney has retracted a copyright claim it made on a YouTube video, publicly acknowledging "Steamboat Willie" as public domain. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images This feels significant: Disney has ...

The New Year brought the excellent news that Steamboat Willie-era Mickey Mouse has finally entered the public domain, after decades of Disney, er, convincing Congress to keep extending its copyrights.

Disney has once again demonetized a third-party Steamboat Willie video, after previously remonetizing it and dropping its copyright claim against it. This time taking issue with the video's audio.

Mickey Mouse as a… murderer? Disney’s 1928 short animated feature Steamboat Willie has entered the public domain, meaning the early version of the iconic character will now be available for ...

Disney and other corporations ... people should still be able to do things like incorporate clips of Steamboat Willie in an art project, or maybe sell a T-shirt reproducing a frame from the ...

A Walt Disney movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse moved into the public domain on New Year’s Day. The 1928 short film "Steamboat Willie" introduces audiences to a non-speaking ...

Disney’s copyright of “Steamboat Willie,” Walt Disney’s first short film featuring Mickey Mouse, will expire. That means that one of the company’s earliest iterations of its beloved ...

The 95-year copyright lifespan of "Steamboat Willie" Mickey expires in 2024. Disney has spent decades lobbying to extend the length of the copyright. Disney has successfully fought for decades to ...

Disney’s 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie will enter the public domain in 2024, meaning that the company is going to lose its copyright protection to the earliest iteration of Micky Mouse ...

Disney and other corporations ... made this conveniently mouse-shaped explanation of what you can and can't do with the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse as of Jan. 1, 2024.