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Public domain clock ticks for Mickey and friends
Mickey Mouse begins entering public domain with the 1928 Steamboat Willie, allowing non modern depictions to be used. Disney notes modern versions remain protected and will defend against consumer confusion while trade marks persist. Other works entering the public domain include Winnie the Pooh and The Threepenny Opera.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Mouse
Mickey
Minnie Mouse
Jennifer Jenkins
Duke’s
Center For the Study of Public Domain
U.S
Congress
Jenkins
Disney
Associated Press
Willie
Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney
Ub Iwerks
Minnie
Steamboat Bill
Buster Keaton
Steamboat Bill Jr
Keaton
Tigger
Winnie the Pooh
Pooh Corner
Pooh
A.A Milne
Cory Doctorow
Winnie
Doctorow
Charlie Chaplin
Virginia Woolf
Orlando
Bertolt Brecht
European Union
Amazon
Google
Paul Heald
University of Illinois College of Law
Europe
George Orwell
Great Britain
United States
Heald