"Mouse," as it's only the "Mickey" character seen in Walt Disney's 1928 "Steamboat Willie" short that has entered the public ...

Barely two days in the public domain, the earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage. Slashed free of Disney’s copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from Steamboat Willie is ...

Compared to recent riffs on Winnie the Pooh and Popeye, the 'Steamboat Willie' horror spoof has fun skewering the company that's been so protective of its now-public-domain IP. “Screamboat ...

Screamboat paints the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse in a grisly new light (Picture: Sklae Lorand) When the copyright expired on January 1, 2024, to the Steamboat Willie version of ...

Mickey Mouse is a beloved ... The story begins with Steamboat Willie, an anthropomorphic mouse the size of a very large rat, escaping from his prison inside the Staten Island Ferry.