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July 16, 2025

Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me — with some caveats

December 21, 2023 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books […]

2023 public domain debuts include last Sherlock Holmes work

January 7, 2023 The Associated Press

Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective — which has even ensnared Enola Holmes — will […]