Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney’s beloved pet, you are at risk of losing your exclusivity with the company that created it. This due to the copyright laws of the United States of America. According to these, the friendly mouse should become public domain by 2024.
According to the newspaper Guardian, in 2024 it will be 95 years since the record of Mickey mouse. This is the limit of years for which the laws of the United States protect the copyright of works. In this way, the Miguelito mouse can be used by anyone to create their stories.
However, this does not mean that everyone can profit from their image. According to a lawyer who spoke with Guardian, there are some limitations. For example, the character may not be used in any way that evokes the Disney brand. Since both have a kind of symbiosis, it is practically impossible to do it.
Yes Disney sees that someone uses Mickey Mouse in a story and they relate it to the brand, then they could sue. Another point to consider is that the company has trademarked different versions of the mouse over the years. So pretty much only the look of him that we saw in his early 1920s cartoons would be released.
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Also the phrases and possibly the voice of Mickey Mouse would be out of the public domain. Disney will retain the rights to different aspects of the character. Like his voice, his laugh and his clothes. So those who want to use it for their own stories will have to be extremely careful. Who would want to face a million dollar lawsuit?
When was the first appearance of Mickey Mouse?
Mickey Mouse first appeared in the short Steamboat Williereleased by waltdisney in 1928. In this he did not speak and his personality was quite different from the one we know today. It could even be said that he was more mischievous and angry than the more good-natured future versions of him.
At that time he did not have his iconic red pants and yellow shoes. Not even with her phrases and her iconic laugh. The Mickey Mouse that we know today is quite different from that of those times. Perhaps even because of this factor, no one will want to use it in the public domain, but we will see when 2024 arrives.
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