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How Mickey Mouse controls modern copyright law

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Walt Disney Company icon Mickey Mouse is one of the most recognizable characters in the world‚ and he has become the standard by which how long copyrights can last.

Mickey was supposed to enter the public domain in 1984. That never happened, and Disney continues to work extremely hard to make sure it never will.

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