Will Mickey Mouse Be Public Domain In 2024. Earliest version of mickey mouse set to enter public domain in 2024, along with minnie, tigger. After nearly a century, mickey mouse has slipped off disney’s copyright leash.
Works entering the public domain this year include steamboat willie, j. 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 the year turns.