Works released in 1930 hit the U.S. public domain on January 1, including early animation icons, forgotten favorites, and the art form's formative experiments.

Call Goofy! Call Donald! Call Pluto, Uncle Scrooge and Chip 'n Dale! Everybody's favorite cartoon rodent, Mickey Mouse, officially celebrates his 95th birthday Saturday! Mickey's — and Minnie's — first successful cartoon short, “Steamboat Willie ...

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Mickey Mouse is getting the horror movie treatment, now that "Steamboat Willie" is in the public domain. Simon Phillips Actor/YouTube Mickey Mouse isn’t just for kids anymore. A trailer has dropped for a horror comedy film in which Mickey Mouse is the ...

(CNN) — Before he became the biggest mouse in the biz, Mickey Mouse welcomed audiences to the movies. Beginning in 1928, the mischievous Walt Disney icon starred in short films that played before the main attractions at theaters across the US. He charmed ...

The public will be able to copy and reproduce thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 in the new year, including flirtatious flapper Betty Boop, nine additional Mickey Mouse cartoons and novels from Agatha Christie and William Faulkner.