Mickey Mouse 2024. It’s a sad day for mickey mouse, daisy and donald duck, goofy, pluto, and friends, as the walt disney company just killed minnie mouse. But in january 2024, the copyright on steamboat willie officially expired, and mickey mouse is now officially in the public domain.
With several asterisks, qualifications and caveats, mickey mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as. Mickey mouse no longer belongs solely to the walt disney company.