Mickey Mouse And Copyright 2024. This means that now anyone in the u.s. Early disney creation will soon be public property the version of the iconic character from “steamboat willie” will enter the public domain in 2024.
Hence, at the start of 2024, the copyright in steamboat willie (a work for hire) expired in the us, which included the copyright in the depiction of mickey mouse in that film. Early disney creation will soon be public property the version of the iconic character from “steamboat willie” will enter the public domain in 2024.