Beloved cartoons are entering the public domain next year – but what does that mean? - Early sound films by Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, and music by Cole Porter and Fats Waller, are also ...

There are further implications for "Steamboat" Mickey's passage into the public domain, as the mouse has had a major hand in setting the last 30 years – if not longer – of U.S. copyright law.

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.

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It means businesses will have to upgrade their domain names, but the government has defended the change as necessary and important. Eligible businesses and individuals have until the 20th of ...

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.