2024-01-01 16:19:26
Steamboat Williea short animation from 1928 that shows the first silent versions of Mickey y Minnietransformed the luck of Disney and made history in cinema and the cultural industry.
Now the adventure of the mouse and his girlfriend is in the news once more: the deadline set for copyright protection has expired, and the images will become free circulation.
US law states that rights are reserved for 95 years. That means that the characters in the short Steamboat Willie They became public domain this Monday, January 1, 2024.
The data also raises awareness regarding the passage of time: it means that the first short film of the famous mouse, In five years it will be centenary.
Disney, however, issued the warning: modern versions of Mickey will continue to be protected by intellectual property rights.
The story of Mickey and Minnie on the steamer can now be legally shared, performed, reused, repurposed and republished.
It is not the only work that will enter the public domain on this first day of 2024. Other films, books, music and famous people from 1928 will also be available.
Among them are the silent romantic comedy Charlie Chaplin “The circus”; the book of the english author AA Milne “The House at Pooh Corner”, which introduced the character Tigger; the novel “Orlando” by Virginia Woolf; and “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” DH Lawrence.
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