Legal Battles Loom as First Mickey Mouse Copyright Ends - New Delhi Times - India's Only International Newspaper - Empowering Global Vision, Empathizing with India
Almost a century after his big-screen debut, Mickey Mouse enters the public domain Monday, opening the floodgates to potential remakes, spin-offs, adaptations … and legal battles with Disney. The copyright on Steamboat Willie -- a short, black-and-white 1928 animation that first introduced audiences to the mischievous rodent who would become emblematic of American pop culture…