Disney's copyright protection on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie" id="mwA5c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Steamboat Willie">Steamboat Willie</a> and the original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse" id="mwA5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mickey Mouse">Mickey Mouse</a> expires as they <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_public_domain" id="mwA5k" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2024 in public domain">enter the public domain</a>.<sup about="#mwt581" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-114"}}' id="cite_ref-114" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_1#cite_note-114" id="mwA5o" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 114;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwA5s">[114]</span></a></sup>
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