Watching The Funny Animated Mouse Owned By The General Public
Watching three Mickey Mouse shorts, originally animated by IB Werks and copyrighted in 1928. Steamboat Willie can be watched in full with no restrictions. However, due to the complex nature of copyright and the public domain, only the visuals of Gallopin' Gaucho and Plane Crazy are in the public domain. This is because the sound versions are acknowledged as separately copyrighted works, and are due to expire within this decade.
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Gallopin' Gaucho (1928) (Silent Version)
Plane Crazy (1928) (Silent Version)
We'll also watch trailers for Infestation origins, Mouse, and discuss any relevant news. Maybe even try to work out exactly what's safe to use without legal ramifications. For example, the Mickey in the original thumbnail for this stream is taken from a poster purported to have been printed in 1928. If so, it means that a Mickey Mouse in colour, with gloves, is safe to use? Is he? We'll find out.