95 years after its advent, the copyright of the first generation of Mickey Mouse has officially expired
With the beginning of the new year, many IPs and animation images with a long history are about to usher in the date of copyright expiration, and the most famous among them is naturally The original Mickey Mouse image came out in 1928.
In 1928, the world's first sound cartoon "Steamboat Willie" was released. Along with the cartoon, Mickey, the whistling mouse holding the rudder in the picture, became popular all over the world.
As Disney’s most famous cartoon character, the official government naturally attaches great importance to the protection of Mickey Mouse’s copyright. However, according to the U.S. copyright protection law, the copyright ownership period of this kind of work is 95 years, starting in 1928 and lasting until January 2024. January 1st.
However, it must be emphasized that the Mickey Mouse images that have entered the public domain are limited to the black and white Mickey Mouse pictured above in "Steamboat Willie". As for other Mickey Mouse images that were subsequently adjusted and colored by the official, they are still covered by copyright law. within the scope of protection. The expiration of the copyright of
means that the public can use it for free, and any creator can freely use, adapt, and add this image in his or her works. Therefore, just after the New Year, several games with the theme of "Mickey Mouse" have been launched. steam is online.
The game called "infestation 88" pictured above is a horror game designed with Mickey Mouse as the theme. It changes Mickey's relaxed and humorous style and transforms him into a ferocious monster. In addition to games,
also produced the horror film "Mickey's Mousetrap" based on the original Mickey image.
The movie is directed by jamie bailey and is expected to be released in North America in March. The production company Bailey Phillips also emphasized that the film has nothing to do with Disney. They only used the Mickey image from "Steamboat Willie" that has entered the public domain and did not involve subsequent versions or trademark infringement issues.
steam no longer supports versions below windows 8.1.
Windows 8.1 will also be launched on the stage of the new year. According to the steam announcement, starting from January 1, 2024, the steam platform will officially stop supporting the windows 7 and windows 8/8.1 operating systems.
stops supporting old systems, which means that future steam clients will not be able to run on these versions of operating systems. The official reason given is that the core functions of Steam rely on the embedded version of Google Chrome, which can no longer run on older versions of Windows systems.
According to a survey conducted by Steam officials in November, the total proportion of Steam users currently using Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 operating systems is only 0.94%, so the overall impact on players is also small.
The 30th anniversary of the release of "Mother 2", the official commemorative website
2024 is also the 30th anniversary of the release of "Mother 2". This classic RPG released in 1994 has a rare background setting In the United States in the 1990s, it tells the story of several children who embark on a journey to prevent alien invasion. Since the game launched a sequel in 2006, there has been no new work for more than ten years.
Unexpectedly, recently, the official website accidentally launched a special commemorative website for "Earth Adventure 2". It also revealed on the website that game-related products, activities and linkage content are being planned and will be announced in the future.
