# Will Mickey Mouse ever come out of copyright?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 15, 2017, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-mickey-mouse-ever-come-out-of-copyright/786639 "2017-05-15T07:51:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-mickey-mouse-ever-come-out-of-copyright/786639/21 "2017-05-19T17:17:52Z")

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Disney is just lucky that the Brothers Grim didn’t have access to modern day lawyers/marketing or else many of their beloved classics couldn’t have been made.

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