Disney can still keep using Mickey Mouse. But other people can use the black-and-white version of Mickey Mouse from "Steamboat Willie" to make money and there's nothing Disney or the FBI or anyone else can do to stop them.
True. However, for some reason, either they think Disney lost Mickey Mouse completely, or that every version of Mickey is public. It’s weird people can’t process “Steamboat Willie” is public.
PEOPLE WHO THINK DISNEY CAN’T USE MICKEY MOUSE ANYMORE; PEOPLE WHO KNOW ONLY STEAMBOAT WILLIE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN; PEOPLE WHO THINK MICKEY MOUSE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN; ME WHO KNOWS DISNEY IS GONNA FLIPPING USE MICKEY MOUSE NO MATTER WHAT