Popeye, Mickey Mouse and Public Domain

Popeye, Disney’s Skeleton Dance, and More Hit Public Domain in 2025
Filmmakers working in the ever-expanding genre of public domain horror will soon have even more Mickey Mouse to play with.
Popeye Enters the Public Domain (and More Mickey Mouse, Too)
Popeye joining Mickey Mouse in the public domain, along with the first appearance of Mickey's signature white gloves.
POPEYE, More MICKEY MOUSE, THE SKELETON DANCE and More Enter the Public Domain in 2025
The new year brings additions to the public domain, allowing creators and fans alike to freely use iconic works that were once locked behind copyright protections. Many of these will most likely be turned into cheap and stupid low-budget horror films.
Popular Standards From 1929 Have Entered The Public Domain
Last year, the original version of Mickey Mouse went into the public domain. That doesn’t mean that anyone can use Mickey Mouse’s image for whatever they want, but it does mean that the version of Mickey who first appeared in Walt Disney’s original Steamboat Willie cartoon is now fair game.
Even More Mickey Mouse Classics Are Hitting Public Domain
January 1, 2025 will see a slew of classic Disney properties, including those featuring Mickey Mouse, enter the Public Domain. These works from 1929 can now be shared, copied, and built upon by other creators,
Disney's Skeleton Dance & Mickey Shorts Are Now Public Domain
You can only use the public domain versions of characters. Disney still owns the trademarks on the images and has already said it will enforce them. One can not
I just learned why Disney characters wear white gloves, and my childhood is ruined
Minstrels would wear white gloves so that their hands would stand out on stage. At a time when cartoons were made in black and white, animators realised that the same principle could help cartoon ...
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10 Best Mickey Mouse Cartoons From the 1930s
Mickey's Rival sees the debut of Mortimer Mouse, who would resurface as a recurring ... the default image of a mad scientist. In this cartoon, released shortly after Snow White and the Seven ...
‘The Mouse Trap’ Review: You’d Be Surprised How Unexciting a Man-Sized Killer Rodent Can Be
This year saw one of the most zealously-guarded corporate empires of intellectual property spring a leak, as all the Magic ...
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‘Smash’ & ‘Hit’ Cartoons Awesome or Worrisome
The nonstop slapstick violence in children’s cartoons has raised concerns about its impact on the emotional development of ...