LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. In a moment many close observers thought might never come, at least one version of the quintessential piece of intellectual property and perhaps the most iconic character in American pop culture will be free from Disney’s copyright as his first screen release, the 1928 short “Steamboat …
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U.S. law allows a copyright to be held for 95 years after Congress expanded it several times during Mickey’s life. In a moment many close observers thought might never come, at least one version of the quintessential piece of intellectual property and perhaps the most iconic character in American pop culture will be free from Disney’s copyright as his first …
