Over half a century after Disney sued (and beat) for copyright infringement the "Air Pirates" artistic collective...
Fund-raising poster from the early 1970s
...their best-known character, Mickey Mouse, had finally entered the public domain, joining Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, Dracula, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, and many others about whom new stories (unauthorized by the original copyright owner) may be created.
Of course, the new material must be limited to using only the elements in the now-public domain material.
Note: this includes already-PD material such as most (but not all) of the 1930s Mickey Mouse newspaper strip...which fell into PD because it wasn't renewed on-time under the law as it existed then!
But, year by year, as more Mouse becomes available, more elements can work their way into these new tales.
Note: this includes already-PD material such as most (but not all) of the 1930s Mickey Mouse newspaper strip...which fell into PD because it wasn't renewed on-time under the law as it existed then!
But, year by year, as more Mouse becomes available, more elements can work their way into these new tales.
It's gonna be interesting!
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