Mickey Mouse will appear in new, non-Disney creative works after 95 years of copyright protection of the character expired on Jan. 1. With this, early versions of Mickey Mouse are now part of the ...

After years of Disney stalling and bending copyright law to their will, Mickey Mouse has officially entered the public domain. Independent creators can now play around with the famous mascot as he ...

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 ...

Well, that didn't take long. Looks like plenty of people were just waiting for the clock to tick past midnight on New Year's Day to take advantage of the first version of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse ...

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A co-op horror in which you're an exterminator treating sinister infestations caused by twisted versions of classic characters and urban legends. What was thought to be an outbreak of vermin in ...

This ain't the Mickey Mouse from your childhood. An earlier version of the world famous mouse went into the public domain on January 1, 2024. A game studio dropped a trailer for its Mickey-centric ...

The first day of the new year marks Public Domain Day. During this annual occurrence, numerous works enter into the United States public domain and are free to use by anyone with no fear of any ...

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