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  • Earliest form of Mickey Mouse becomes public domain in 2024 - with caveats

    Dec 15, 2023 10:30 am by Associated PressIllinois in the News
    Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses for a photo beside a chalk sketch of his most famous character, Aug. 13, 1941, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo, File)

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    • Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses for a photo beside a chalk sketch of his most famous character, Aug. 13, 1941, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo, File)

    Associated Press (Dec. 14) 'There’s actually more pushback now than there was 20-some years ago when the Mickey Mouse Act was passed,' says Paul Heald, a professor of law at the U. of I.