Underground cartoonists, filmmakers, novelists, songwriters — whoever — will be free to do what they want with them. Mickey Mouse has long been a symbol in the copyright wars. Beyond the ...

1928 Disney cartoon Steamboat Willie—which contains the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse—is now in the public domain. And what do we do when a beloved children's character becomes ...

Giving your mouse a certain kind of personality is also not copyrightable—hence horror-movie-Mickey. The plot thickens ... What you can do, is make it abundantly clear at the outset that your ...