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Come January 1, 2024, fans will be able to do what they want with the character – but only the earliest incarnation (we're talking the Steamboat Willie), with Disney losing exclusive copyright over the earliest versions of the characters Mickey has been the symbol of the copyright war for generations Joining Mickey are Minnie Mouse[...]

Last year, the US Copyright Office, granted copyright protection to creator Kris Kashtanova for her comic book Zarya of the Dawn The comic was created via a series of prompts to the artificial intelligence AI engine Midjourney It was the first time the US copyright office had approved an application for an AI work, and[...]

Yesterday, word came down that the estate of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange co-creator Steve Ditko had filed copyright termination notices over the first appearances of those characters in Amazing Fantasy #15 and Strange Tales #110.  Today, according to Variety, and THR, Marvel has filed lawsuits in response to these and numerous additional termination notices filed[...]

Stephen King has filed papers that would give him back the film rights to Firestarter, Cujo, Creepshow, Children of the Corn, and more.

Did anyone truly think Nintendo would stop being sticklers on YouTube once the Switch was released and people were having fun with it in videos? For over three years now, Nintendo has been one of the most aggressive content hunters on YouTube, demanding that gamers and Let's Players work with them and forfeit a portion[...]

Which mean, if anyone so wishes, they could create James Bond comic books, legally, ahead of Dynamite's licensed James Bond comic books later this year. You wouldn't be able to distribute them for sale overseas, to the US or the UK for example, where the character is still in copyright for another twenty years. That still counts[...]