FILE - Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses at the Pancoast Hotel, Aug. 13, 1941, in Miami, Fla. Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it possible for artists to use them freely. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - An actor dressed as Mickey Mouse greets visitors at the entrance to Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort, April 18, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it possible for artists to use them freely. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
FILE - Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz" are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. In an odd quirk of the “Wizard of Oz” rights, the film's most famous artifact, Dorothy's ruby slippers, are still the intellectual property of MGM via the 1939 film. In Frank Baum's book, the shoes were silver. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)
FILE - The eight-story ape King Kong glares down at Manhattan from the Empire State Building, April 14, 1983, in New York. Films from Hollywood’s talkie era have begun to become public. King Kong, who has a large foot in the public domain already because of complications between companies that own a piece of him, will lose his remaining chains in 2029. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
FILE - Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo, cast members in the upcoming film "Wicked," discuss the film onstage at CinemaCon 2024, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. The forthcoming “Wicked,” starring Grande and Erivo, will be yet another attempt at using the public-domain work of author Frank Baum’s Oz — filtered through a hit novel and Broadway show — to try to draft off the classic status of the 1939 “Wizard of Oz” film. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Park guests stand outside the world premiere of Disney's "Haunted Mansion," July 15, 2023, at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)