{"id":4618,"date":"2024-01-03T11:29:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T04:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2024-01-03T11:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T04:29:24","slug":"2024-sees-iconic-mickey-mouse-enter-public-domain-disneys-copyright-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/2024-sees-iconic-mickey-mouse-enter-public-domain-disneys-copyright-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Sees Iconic Mickey Mouse Enter Public Domain: Disney&#8217;s Copyright Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: Disney loses rights to early Mickey Mouse as &#8216;Steamboat Willie&#8217; enters public domain in 2024, sparking new creative possibilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;Disney loses famous Mickey Mouse copyright in 2024, along with many others&#8221; by CBS News<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rq_BM8_yyQM?si=a7xVLpGRmS38AobT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Copyright Expiration:<\/strong> Copyright protections on numerous well-known works, including &#8220;Steamboat Willie,&#8221; are expiring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Domain Access:<\/strong> These works, including Mickey Mouse\u2019s debut in &#8220;Steamboat Willie,&#8221; will enter the public domain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disney&#8217;s Loss of Control:<\/strong> Disney will lose exclusive rights to control these characters and works.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous Extensions:<\/strong> Disney previously influenced Congress to pass extensions, but these are now expiring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact on Creativity:<\/strong> The public domain access allows for new creative uses and reinterpretations of these works.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limitations on Use:<\/strong> Only the original versions (e.g., Steamboat Willie&#8217;s Mickey) will be public domain, not the later renditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consumer Misleading Prohibition:<\/strong> New works using these characters cannot mislead consumers into thinking they are Disney-sponsored.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examples of Public Domain Impact:<\/strong> The release of &#8220;Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey&#8221; demonstrates the diverse use of public domain characters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disney&#8217;s Use of Public Domain:<\/strong> Disney&#8217;s history of adapting public domain works into successful movies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Public Domain Entries:<\/strong> Other characters and works, like Donald Duck, Superman, and Batman, are also set to enter the public domain soon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney loses rights to early Mickey Mouse as &#8216;Steamboat Willie&#8217; enters public domain in 2024, sparking new creative possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-43","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4620,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions\/4620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}