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This is a silly question, but when exactly did Mickey Mouse enter the public domain? On January 1, sure, but which time zone?

• zinekeller 3y ago
  On whatever local time where you are (at least for US). The "at least in US" is important since that most people who didn't clarify that "Steamboat Willie" is in the public domain specifically in reference to US laws - in other countries it is either already PD, or in a handful countries like Mexico (which has author+100, technically no concept of corporate copyright except for the government) is still not PD.
  • mFixman 3y ago
    Does that mean that I can publish a Mickey video in New York that's illegal to watch in California for the next couple of hours? Neat.
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