The End of the Mickey Mouse Moat?

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🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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After 95 years of copyright protection, Steamboat Willie enters the public domain. (00:21) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss: - Why early versions of Disney’s Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters are now appearing in horror slasher films. - Tesla once again being the king of EVs, and what to make of BYD coming up on its heels. - A digital entertainment stock to watch in 2024. (15:47) It’s been a great run for growth stocks – and it might not be over! Deidre Woollard caught up with Motley Fool Analyst Kirsten Guerra for a look at some recent winners that could keep winning in 2024. Companies discussed: DIS, TSLA, SONO, DUOL Catch the original Steamboat Willie cartoon, in all its public domain glory here. Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Asit Sharma, Deidre Woollard, Kirsten Guerra Engineers: Dan Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mickey is now the people's mouse.
0:05.0	Mottle full analyst Osset Sharma. I'm joined over the airwaves by Motley full analyst
0:24.0	Osset Sharma.
0:25.0	Osset, thanks for joining me for the first time in 2024.
0:28.0	Dylan, so great to be with you and start the New Year together.
0:32.0	We've got some updates on Tesla's delivery numbers,
0:35.0	a stock to watch in 2024 as well,
0:37.6	but we are going to kick off our new year
0:39.9	as shows go with kind of a curious piece of news.
0:44.0	January 1st marked the beginning of a lot of things.
0:47.2	And in Disney's case in particular, Osset,
0:49.7	it marked the end of their copyright on Steamboat Willy.
0:53.4	And if that is not a name that you recognize,
0:56.2	maybe you'll recognize Disney's Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters
1:00.0	which make their appearance there in their first forms.
1:03.0	Now, because this copyright is expiring, Osset,
1:06.0	now anyone can make use of that character.
1:10.0	It is not the fully-fledged white glove Mickey Mouse character we all know, but it seems like a bit of a blow
1:15.0	to the magical kingdom.
1:17.0	Totally, Dylan.
1:18.0	Copyright law in the US has really evolved over the last century.
1:22.5	It now strikes a great balance, I think,
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