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Oh boy! Barely 24 hours after Disney’s initial copyright on Mickey Mouse expired, two new indie horror films starring the beloved character have been announced. “Steamboat Willie,” the first Disney movie to feature Mickey, entered the public domain under US law on Monday, 95 years on from its initial release. That means anyone is now free to copy, share, reuse and adapt the primitive, early versions of the characters that appear within the film, including […]
by Hui Min Neo Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Mickey Mouse may be Disney’s top star in most parts of the world, but in Germany, Donald Duck is king. More than 50 years after the cartoon featuring the hot-tempered duck arrived in the land of Goethe, it remains one of the bestselling comic title at the newsstands. Generations of children grew up with the so-called Lustiges Taschenbuch (which translates as Funny Paperback) featuring the […]
China’s cracking down on misuse of Mickey Mouse. Regulators are launching a year-long special operation to protect trademarks held by the Walt Disney Company in the run-up to the opening of Shanghai Disney. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce saying in a statement on Thursday (November 5) that it wants to promote the successful opening of the resort as well as protect China’s image for safeguarding intellectual property rights. This includes special emergency teams […]
