Here's why Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway is based on the modern shorts and not classic Mickey Mouse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Here in Orlando, the city built on Mouse money, we're used to seeing Mickey as an underpaid actor in an uncomfortable oversized outfit, or perhaps a pricey plush souvenir. Kids know him as the hero of ...

It all starts with something magnificent.

When Walt Disney and Ib Iwerks created Mickey Mouse, there's no way they could have known just what they had done. And now, almost 100 years later, Mickey has become an icon. He's gone through many ...

Walt Disney's signature creation, Mickey Mouse, in his breakout 1928 cartoon short, "Steamboat Willie." (Photo: ©Walt Disney/Courtesy: Everett Collection) He may have hit the big 9-4 in calendar years ...

It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. “It's just the sheer familiarity of all this culture.” ...

A seemingly endless stream of Steamboat Willie-themed content has been released since the 1928 Disney short film hit the public domain on January 1. We highlighted some standout (good, bad, and ugly) ...

Each December, we look at the creative works that will be added to the public domain in the following year. In years past, the articles often focused on characters and works which were historically ...

With their 95-year copyrights finished, iconic characters, films and musicians from the Jazz Age can be used without ...