steamboat willie

[AllaN01Bear]

as u know , many disney productions are in public domain. i dont know where the cut off is .
howver here is a article and video of steamboat willie
https://cfiesler.medium.com/steamboat-willie-is-now-public-domain-but-what-does-this-actually-mean-for-mickey-mouse-b58e578e8741

[debm55]

1. Thank you very much, AllaN01Bear. Disney was very strict about anyone using their characters. As a teacher who worked

with the music teacher. official permission had to be given by Disney. Same goes for the Peanuts characters and the Grinch. Over the last ten years , sheet sets had the Peanuts characters. as with the Grinch. I designed art projects based on the Grinch and tried to sell on the website. Teachers Pay Teachers and got thrown off as I didn;t have Disney. and the others permission.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Currently, it's films made in 1929 and earlier

So, not very many.

Next year, films made in 1930 fall into the public domain, including the first Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons, as well as the first Betty Boop cartoons.

The next few years will see a tsunami of great old films from the early sound/pre-code era become copyright-free.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. copyright is a very fascinating issue.

i vollunterred @ a museum and when we inputted (keypunch, ugh) items into the computer regestry , one had to be very careful of the copyright. laws . we had some outsiders that certain things belonged to them but most of or items were dohnated and on a contractual basis . so yeah. had to be careful