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• Everything You Need to Know About Mickey Mouse's Public Domain Debut Today

  Gizmodo, Jan 1, 2024

  Mickey Mouse is finally in the hands of the public, to do whatever they want with him. Well, in part. After Disney infamously helped delay the moment, today is the day Steamboat Willie, the first Disney animated short to star Mickey and Minnie Mouse, become public domain. But what does that mean? Simultaneously a lot… Read more...

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