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0 pointsmanquer2y ago0 comments

Only the steamboat Willie version, the one without gloves .

Also practically it doesn’t matter whether it could be fine, most businesses can’t afford to fight an extended legal battle with Disney

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cool_dude852y ago· 3 in thread

Someone, in one of these threads a few weeks ago, posted what was claimed to be a movie poster/ad from the same year with his red pants and gloves:

https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/22084

If you could verify the timing on that I guess it would go into public domain as well.

You can see gloves in Steamboat Willie’s outro too, on both Mickey and Minnie.

cxr2y ago

You don't have to wait until the end. They're also in the title card. In other words, he's got gloves on in his very first appearance.

ajdude2y ago

Came here to mention this. That poster is a full color Mickcy with gloves from 1928, and I would love to hear from a copyright lawyer if this Mickcy is also in the public domain.

safety1st2y ago· 2 in thread

Mickey's so high profile that I bet someone out there would be more than happy to go to court with Disney over this. I mean if you have money and lawyers, then this is a sure way to turn them into publicity, especially if you win.

CuriouslyC2y ago

John Oliver started baiting them a while back... https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/04/john-oliver-dar....

andsoitis2y ago

And nothing happened, right?

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