Within hours of Mickey Mouse becoming available on public domain, people wasted no time in turning the iconic Disney character into all kinds of images. On New Year's Day, the Disney character, ...

UNDATED (AP) - A trailer for a new slasher film, “Mickey’s Mouse Trap,” was released Monday, the day that Disney’s copyright on the Steamboat Willie, the earliest depiction of Mickey Mouse, expired in ...

The “Steamboat Willie” version of Mickey Mouse has sailed to Walt Disney’s biggest enemy: the public domain. Much like Winnie the Pooh took his first bloody steps into the public domain last year, the ...

It's been well over a century since animators began dazzling audiences with their big-screen productions, and that means it's time for Hollywood studios to begin losing full control over some of those ...

The ‘Steamboat Willie’ version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain. Filmmakers are taking advantage of that –– for horror movies. Disney, though, maintains the copyright on more modern ...

LOS ANGELES — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney's copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie ...

Los Angeles — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. "Steamboat Willie" featured early versions of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Directed by Walt ...

Slasher cinema gets slipped a Mickey in this rote Canadian-produced exploitation flick that only exists because of a famous cartoon’s expired copyright protections. This Canadian production from ...