How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain
Copyright applies to all creative works.  Changing those laws to protect a handful of valuable properties is a global solution to a local problem.  According to the article:<p><i>...Disney has ingrained Mickey Mouse so deeply in its corporate identity that the character is essentially afforded legal protection for eternity, so long as Disney protects him (trademarks last indefinitely, so long as they are renewed).</i><p>If that's true, then why does Disney care whether the copyright expires?