The first day of the new year marks Public Domain Day. During this annual occurrence, numerous works enter into the United States public domain and are free to use by anyone with no fear of any ...

After years of Disney stalling and bending copyright law to their will, Mickey Mouse has officially entered the public domain. Independent creators can now play around with the famous mascot as he ...

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A co-op horror in which you're an exterminator treating sinister infestations caused by twisted versions of classic characters and urban legends. What was thought to be an outbreak of vermin in ...

Mickey Mouse will appear in new, non-Disney creative works after 95 years of copyright protection of the character expired on Jan. 1. With this, early versions of Mickey Mouse are now part of the ...

This ain't the Mickey Mouse from your childhood. An earlier version of the world famous mouse went into the public domain on January 1, 2024. A game studio dropped a trailer for its Mickey-centric ...

The earliest version of Mickey Mouse is now in public domain as of January 1, 2024, and as many guessed, a game developer has announced its own twist on the character in a spooky setting. Nightmare ...

Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain — or at least his original version has. The cartoon mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie in 1928, which means it entered the public domain in 2024. And, ...

Update: Since the initial announcement, Nightmare Forge Game has denied claims that the game's title is a Neo-Nazi reference, among other accusations. They have also renamed the game to Infestation: ...