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Legal · 13 min

Protecting ideas

A new sneaker is a name, a look, a hidden piece of engineering, and the photos and songs in its ad. Each one is protected a different way, for a different number of years.

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How long was Mickey's first cartoon protected?

Steamboat Willie, a 1928 cartoon starring Disney's Mickey Mouse, was protected by copyright. For how many years?

40 years
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  • Copyright Law of the United States, Chapter 3: Duration of Copyright (sections 302 and 304) · U.S. Copyright Office

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  • 95 yearscopyright.gov · The Copyright Act, section 304(b): works still in their renewal term when the 1998 extension passed, such as the 1928 cartoon, are protected this many years from when copyright was first secured.
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Legal · 13 min

Protecting ideas

A new sneaker is a name, a look, a hidden piece of engineering, and the photos and songs in its ad. Each one is protected a different way, for a different number of years.

HOURS
Ticket 01 · The guess

How long was Mickey's first cartoon protected?

Steamboat Willie, a 1928 cartoon starring Disney's Mickey Mouse, was protected by copyright. For how many years?

40 years
0 years150
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

0 / 1000

We'll also send this page, the lesson, ticket 1, so we can find it. Nothing else. Privacy

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Sources and every number (1)

Sources

  • Copyright Law of the United States, Chapter 3: Duration of Copyright (sections 302 and 304) · U.S. Copyright Office

Every number

  • 95 yearscopyright.gov · The Copyright Act, section 304(b): works still in their renewal term when the 1998 extension passed, such as the 1928 cartoon, are protected this many years from when copyright was first secured.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Inside a business›
  3. Legal
  • ·Before this: What a company's lawyers do
  • ·Next: When someone sues