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On January 6, YouTube revoked the copyright-claim from Disney. [12] [13] [14] January 4, 2024 One Eyed Bastard: Music video The fourth single of Green Day's fourteenth studio album, Saviors. The music video features Mickey Mouse wearing his Steamboat Willie outfit as well as an eyepatch. January 5, 2024 Rubber Hose Rampage: Shooter game
The extended copyright terms didn't just stop Mickey and Minnie Mouse from entering the public domain. It also stopped any work of fiction from losing its copyright from 1999 to 2019.
The earliest incarnation of Mickey Mouse as well as Minnie Mouse entered the public domain in 2024. The most notable media featuring these characters is Steamboat Willie , but both The Gallopin' Gaucho and the silent version of Plane Crazy also entered the public domain that year. [ 3 ]
Characters such as Mickey Mouse have been held to have acquired such a secondary meaning and are thus protected under trademark law. [29] Right to Publicity: This right traces its origins in the tort of privacy and is the right to prevent others from commercially exploiting one's name and likeness.
Disney will still have ways to protect Mickey Mouse after Jan. 1. The company will retain copyrights in the character’s more modern versions for a few more years.
With several asterisks, qualifications and caveats, Mickey Mouse, in his earliest form, will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year ...
Commonly used name by consumers in the U.S. and Canada, but the name is still a trademark. [192] Romex Non-metallic sheathed cable, Thermoplastic-sheathed cable Southwire (company). [193] Commonly used name by consumers in the U.S., but the name is still a trademark. [citation needed] Roomba: Robotic vacuum cleaner: iRobot Corporation
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