Post AcwEJFevk2DnyoEzTM by erincandescent@queer.af
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 (DIR) Post #AcwEJEjVBYHh6hN7xY by carnage4life@mas.to
       2023-12-18T12:29:59Z
       
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       I’m surprised we haven’t heard more fanfare about this, MICKEY MOUSE ENTERS THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ON JANUARY 1ST.In 2024 Mickey Mouse joins a host of other familiar public domain characters—Winnie the Pooh, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, Robin Hood, Snow White, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland. Anyone can the original versions of Mickey & Minnie Mouse in stories, movies and books. The versions in Steamboat Willie though not the newer design from the Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcwEJFevk2DnyoEzTM by erincandescent@queer.af
       2023-12-18T15:31:18Z
       
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       @carnage4life Health hazard: Pooh is public domain in America, but not the UK. Depending upon local copyright terms, he may or may not still be copyright protected in your locale(International copyright normally follows "law of the shorter term", which means something becomes PD at the earlier of when it would become PD under local law or the law of the country of origin)None of this caveat applies to Mickey: entering the public domain in the US (his country of origin) makes him PD everywhere
       
 (DIR) Post #AcwEJGn7X4MpUV52sS by carnage4life@mas.to
       2023-12-18T12:31:09Z
       
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       More details in this post by Jennifer Jenkins, Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/mickey/