Steamboat Willie

[@xolotal]

The fact that they uploaded the whole thing with no edit is kinda what makes this awesome, like this is fully legal, they dont have to jump through any loop holes, thats the beauty of public domain

[@mrdrummer2564]

I wonder if KZbin has caught up and made sure it cannot be claimed. Wouldn't be surprised if Disney KZbin bot crawlers still pick this up and claim it. And if Disney don't, some other tosser probably will.

[@jimjam51075]

I'm gonna bet the frivolous lawsuits will still ensue. Disney has a legion of lawyers on staff to keep people paying to defend themselves. Couple that with YT being in Disney's pocket already.

[@TheUltimateRare]

i wonder if any reaction streamers will stream the whole short. it is legal to show the full cartoon now.

[@xolotal]

@@TheUltimateRare chat chat, did mickey just abuse those animals chat?

[@jacobg8640]

I mean it's nice to have an unedited version, but the true beauty of public domain is when people can try fresh ideas of what to do with older properties and can now make them come to life.

[@justicefool3942]

I never thought I would live to see the day Mickey Mouse, in whatever form, enter the public domain. This is a historic day.

[@RyanSoltani]

Truly historic

[@ted6580]

Disney’s fault for going woke and pissing off Republican lawmakers so they couldn’t get Congress to extend the copyright another 20 years like they did the last two times Mickey was about to enter the public domain.

[@teppeiando]

It's like Martin Luther King's speech

[@anfrac3700]

He already did enter public domain. Twice. But American Congress put a stop to it and gave Disney two 20-year extensions.

[@only257]

@@RyanSoltaniagreed hope Mickey Mouse becomes a horror movie🎉

[@WMSJacob]

I’m 26 years old and this is the first time I’ve ever seen Steamboat Willie in its entirety.

[@cooperationiskey]

I'm 40 and it's the first time *I've* seen Steamboat Willie in its entirety!

[@IaMaPh1991]

I'm 32 and this is my first time as well after SO many years of seeing JUST that clip of him whistling and tbat one level of Kingdom Hearts. It's... not quite what I was expecting.

[@forty9r9r7]

Same and same!

[@Imperial_Lizardgirl]

Ha! I'm seen it on VHS tape when it's... been in public domain of course! *nervous sweating* ok ok, it wasn't been in public that time, but I never knew that day, just watched this cartoon and many others old goodness.

[@GoTeamScotch]

Same here. I never realized I haven't actually seen the entire thing. I didn't know it was several minutes long.

[@gmgz]

Little did they know they would be trapped on the copyright barge for 95 years looking for public domain island

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

I wanna watch that movie

[@daffers2345]

That's OK. Mickey can pass the time by torturing animals :B

[@merucrypoison296]

Just gooned to this

[@fusedglass01]

And if Disney had anything to say about it.. it would have been another 95 years! Their greed and Woke ideology is mind blowing.

[@Nsodnoajdjksl]

​@@fusedglass01"greed" "woke" Bro, this is KZbin, not Reddit

[@goblinounours]

It's funny how I never went out of my way to actually see Steambot Willie before. Never even knew it was this long. I thought it was just the bit at the start with Mickey whistling and done. Now I've seen Mickey abusing a duck, a cat and piglets. What a monster!

[@DS9TREK]

Wait until you see the others. This was one of three cartoons made all together and in one of the others he sexually assaults Minnie. He's a monster alright

[@baconeater4133]

Don't forget the parrot!

[@anthonywestbrook2155]

To be fair use, he has to make music through animal cruelty.

[@dragonmaster909]

Same

[@ericesquivel5485]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅lmao.....yessss

[@kingpremolky]

Imagine how Nintendo will act whenever Mario goes public domain

[@Moolassy]

Will nintendo still even be around in 2077?

[@efren0188]

​@@Moolassy2085?

[@SeanWheeler100]

Miyamoto's still alive, so the earliest Mario could go public domain would be 2094. And that would be if Miyamoto were to die this year. Every year he survives is another year added to wait for Mario to go public domain.

[@efren0188]

@@SeanWheeler100 It's a shame I won't be alive to see that moment in 2094, I hope my grandchildren enjoy that moment.

[@SeanWheeler100]

@@efren0188 Never mind, after reading on Wikipedia that Walt Disney died in 1966, which was only fifty-eight years ago, I looked up the copyright laws. Seems like we were going with the 95 years after publication rule for Mickey. Is the rule about 70 years after the author's death exclusive to novels or does the creator have to be killed within twenty-five years after the work was written to use the life + 70 years copyright term?

[@renascence239]

Born too late to explore the Earth Born too early to explore the outer space Born just in time to see the first Mickey Mouse cartoon enter the public domain

[@jog2243]

Real

[@kingki1953]

My grandfather would like to see it too

[@zachmoyer1849]

i think we might have gotten gipped

[@VeProducctions]

What's stopping you from exploring the earth?

[@LaugeHeiberg]

​@@VeProducctionsit's already explored bruh if you go out exploring again you're just doing it for recreation, which isn't the point of the quote

[@BillyBillyandMandyReal]

Since it's public domain, Dreamworks can do the funniest thing ever and actually dunk on Mickey directly here

[@kaden_the_dragon_king]

Honestly yeah they one hundred percent could put him in one of their movies and make him a psychopathic dictator or something

[@TheMasterfulEmerld]

They gonna do that in Shrek 5

[@ElBasureroDeMinty]

​@kaden_the_dragon_king imagine if they make him Shrek's friend and make a full origin story where he's free 💀

[@eggymari]

shrek 5 announced,,,

[@markdpane]

@@TheMasterfulEmerld I imagine Donkey and Puss will not be very proud to cross his path.

[@WallyB.]

I see that you guys are already taking full advantage the public domain.

[@jkfan2011]

nahh this is how they got paid by disney for saying "the andrew garfield spiderman leak" was edited and fake to everyone. then people saw the movie and yep its a leak.

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

Upgrade to 8K 240 FPS HDR 3D

[@tyranidtrygon]

Feels like more of them testing it maybe

[@drawnthatway4233]

Not yet, not until people start making their own versions, and adding this version of Mickey to published stories.

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

A.I. Generated Steamboat Willy in 2024 Land, Pro-Noun Edition

[@lgeorge3000]

Man, this is the first time I've actually seen Steamboat Willie in its entirety. I never realized that the mouse woke up and chose violence. This is funny.

[@matglk2084]

true

[@simplykeira]

yeah same, the whole time it reminded me of tom & jerry with the weirdest things happening. and the physically impossible ways their bodies move at times lol

[@V0IDWARE]

Yeah but its missing the part where mickey picks up the entire pig and plays it

[@CULLENNN]

@@V0IDWAREthis is the censored version

[@guyguy463]

I was expecting some sort of twist including a lot of VFX, but it’s just the original animation. Well played, Corridor

[@Evanator404]

Same. Was really confused

[@c.codyflick2210]

Cuz otherwise that could be parody and/or fair use, like they could have already done. Now it's likely that anytime anyone looks up steamboat Willie, this video will come up first in google/KZbin search results and this gain them crazy views for years to come. Plus this is the literal work that is now public domain, could be hard to argue that any new work with Willie is specifically this version of the mouse and might get them some undesirable legal attention.

[@sarge-rf8mq]

The trade mark on it expired so it now public

[@quantumleaper]

I do wish it had been open-frame like the Disney Treasures edition of Willie.

[@crowtsoff]

Jake said it in his video

[@5MadMovieMakers]

What a jam

[@MellowMutant]

right

[@vinicius_soares10]

what a marble rac-

[@herrflammen6487]

The song Mickey whistles is called “steamboat hill”

[@FloweyDreemurr]

hello, my childhood. it's been so long.

[@maxi_CA_mpos_1916]

Nicky Jam o qué wey?

[@ryanjohnson1071]

Man, I never realized how brutal Mickey was to other animals haha

[@GermanTopGameTV]

Mickey was a real asshole in this animation, I don't get how he turned out to be a kids hero.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@GermanTopGameTV Old cartoons were pretty messed up. In the old Felix the Cat one he commits suicide when he finds out he has kids he can't support.

[@TheMagneticDude]

Micky Mouse is a menace

[@CalvinNoire]

​@@kamikeserpentail3778 Bro should have gotten the milk.

[@StodaGryph]

The mouse has always been abusive. Mickey got better, but the House didn't really.

[@NathanielBandy]

Disney will take this dow!-Wait...

[@Nichodo]

the beauty of Public Domain.

[@RyanSoltani]

How the turntables

[@ShiverRightOnYT]

They can't

[@mikewazowski9941]

@@RyanSoltanidude talking like disney gonna collapse tomorrow

[@jacobscooby]

Disney is letting everyone have the Steamboat Willie video. (I think.) Cuz it showed on public domain.

[@juneru2]

With this being in the public domain, I think a video like "What you can do with Mickey Mouse" would help clear the air on what people can actually do with the character now.

[@XX-sp3tt]

Maybe we can undo the obscene damage Disney has done to Copyright lengths.

[@GRNKRBY]

​​@@XX-sp3ttThere's a lot of crazy people that think Mickey and Pooh should be protected still (cause they don't like stuff like Blood and Honey). This stuff is the public's to do what they want with it now, good or bad.

[@Saimeren]

Well, I think it's THIS specific version of the character, not Mickey Mouse as a whole.

[@TheTitanSlayers]

That video can't really be made yet. Since only this version of Mickey is public domain disney will attempt to claim alterations to the character make it so he isn't steam boat Willie Mickey but some other version of the character that isn't public domain. How will that work out? Who knows? We have some idea how that could play out in court but it's just conjecture.

[@Larph13]

not the current mickey mouse but the steam boat willie only version.

[@mocko69]

I can see how kids 96 years ago would find this entertaining. I'm 21 and it's lovely, I very much enjoyed watching it through!

[@Raptor_Ren]

After seeing him use animals as instruments, I now consider any psycho stuff people make Willy Mickey Mouse do to be in character.

[@TheDarkLord648]

Lmao he’s actually evil

[@Omega_thehusky]

LOL like actually hes an asshole that duck was chilin he was friend made a good instrument though lol cant say he didnt play the duck well xD

[@Grain979]

So a blood and honey crossover with steamboat willy wouldn't be that far off

[@deletdis6173]

Here before KZbin marks this for kids and comments are disabled.

[@waitithoughtihadtousemyrea5976]

Well, of course Mickey is evil. He owns Disney!

[@nickporter9264]

This came out when my grandfather was 5 and I can now truly appreciate why he was a huge Disney fan his entire life. I can only image how this changed everything when it was released in 1928.

[@ThatDudeWithBoobs]

Regardless of how Disney ended up as a company nowadays and the kind of person Walt was back then, you can not deny the cultural impact this one short created. I'm glad to see it's finally available for wider audiences because it should be appreciated in full, just for everyone to see how humble Disney's beginnings truly were.

[@jezrielbaquir3237]

good lord your gramps was greatest generation?, are you like in your 40s

[@nickporter9264]

@@jezrielbaquir3237 No, he was well into his seventies when I was born.

[@maxiawesomekid899]

The very first sound film was before steamboat willie

[@Saph-irrus]

We have witnessed history ladies and gentlemen. The animation legend that is Steamboat Willie has finally entered the Public Domain.

[@niravdarmesh5278]

Why did you type that in Butthead's voice?

[@josephstalin2606]

@@niravdarmesh5278Now I can’t help but read it in his voice 😂

[@niravdarmesh5278]

@@josephstalin2606 May the rest of your year carry on in this fashion.

[@jonathandixon1305]

It’s still Micky Mouse. The title of the story is Steamboat Willie.

[@rundown132]

we're getting old

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Mickey has already had an entire year out of copyright.

[@monberg1000]

I love the fact that Mickey is torturing all the animals on the boat for no other reason than his own entertainment. 😂

[@epicCoolgiytryhsrfsea]

he's not torturing them tho in cartoon logic.

[@eugenetswong]

It reminds me of Itchy & Scratchy, or even the violent version of Tom & Jerry.

[@LaugeHeiberg]

​@peterhanson3472I mean that was a surprisingly normal way to treat a cat when this was made. My grandma has some stories of her and her brothers putting a cat in a bag and just yeeting it away 💀 Also here in denmark we have "Slå katten af tønden" "Hit the cat in the barrel" where you hit a barrel with a bat to break the barrel and get out the cat to mark the end of Fast. (nowadays it's just painted cats on the outside)

[@literallyjustgrass]

​@@LaugeHeibergi refuse to believe people were this psycho just under a hundred years ago lol that's horrid

[@LaugeHeiberg]

​@@literallyjustgrass it it tho? I'd argue pigs are more intelegent, I'd also argue we torture them more than we did cats. It's just more well-hidden with the pigs. At this point in time, I think cats were seen much more as tools. Even livestock was seen as closer to humans. (I mean, its not wrong, pigs are very close to humans when looking at organs. We even have pigs in human form called "Oligarchs"💀) Anyways, the cat-in-barrel thing was prolly disgarded a long while before this, and for the cat-in-bag thing, its not like it's gonna permanently disfigure the cat. It's a cat, they're designed for that (Okay maybe not exactly in a bag and thrown hiszontally so they also roll but still, close enough...)

[@Respectable_Username]

The fact that this is the first time I've seen this historical artifact in its entirety is testament to how important it is that things exit copyright eventually!

[@skycloud4802]

Some need sooner than later. Look at the messy situation with early retro games. Some have their rights completely in the air such as bankruptcy/closed non-existant publisher. Or that publisher's choose to let them fester with cartridge and disc rot.

[@santosic]

I completely agree! It's why I'm here watching this video at all :)

[@LITTLE1994]

​@@skycloud4802I know right. It's disgusting, especially as a retro gamer, myself.

[@mjcox242]

If they tried to lower it specifically for games, I can see nintendo getting pissed at mario being public domain, even 50years would be the reasonable point imho. 23 years for mario 64

[@Respectable_Username]

@@mjcox242 Nintendo would still have the trademark, but yeah the original game would be free for everyone to enjoy. Especially for games, 30 years is the reasonable point for me. Maybe even 20. More likely to still have working hardware for the game if it was console-bound, to give preservationists a better chance at reverse-engineering and creating emulators that can keep these games alive for future generations!

[@lunatickgeo]

What surprised me is that Minnie is just as old as Mickey. I thought she was introduced after Mickey had become popular and they felt he needed a love interest, yet here she is.

[@tiablue9106]

nah she was there from the start of the old mickeys; she was in "plane crazy" too (even tho this one was made public first, that one was actually produced first)

[@PraetorGix]

Yeah it's the patriarchy that kept Minnie in the dark and changed history to fit the heteronormative agenda. That is why Disney nowadays fights the good fight and brings us all these wonderful and well written female lead characters who bring nothing but enlightenment for us and millions of dollars for them.

[@burgbass]

@@PraetorGixBad bait.

[@Shader1S]

@@PraetorGixidk bro maybe its because mickey was the main character in the show like lmao

[@enigmamyth]

​@@burgbasshe's just being sarcastic

[@noahmusicstuff]

Best Corridor video. Well done to the team for making this masterpiece. Purely beautiful. It just feels so original, y’know? I love how they capture the old 1930s style here.

[@Jonzy420]

I don't know if its ironic, or sad, that this is my first time actually watching this full piece.

[@Castle_Games]

Same here I've only seen the beginning where mickey is driving the steamboat

[@-fractalation]

Same

[@reilysmith5187]

Same. Just goes to show how much more art, movies, comics, we could experience without IP laws.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Add another one to the list

[@Drace90]

That is very sad. It was very widely available for free.

[@whatdoyousuppose]

what a charming character that mouse fella is! somebody oughta create a gigantic monopoly megacorp with that mouse as the face!

[@leocharger14]

Nah it would never work

[@dog3156]

@Elvik757this character reminds me of mickey mouse!

[@CraigMCox]

This joke is so overused and lame

[@Orteguh]

They already did. His name is Chuck E. Cheese

[@kakarotogamertm8409]

​@@CraigMCoxme vale vrga

[@Rhacman]

7:08 I like how it wasn't enough to be rid of the parrot, Mickey eagerly listens to ensure it is suffering before having a good hearty laugh, lol!

[@BuffSmasher]

pretty accurate commentary of modern disney

[@Jerry-ej9hn]

@@LoraxythHe still is

[@karsonray1775]

for people who are wondering what Pete was eating at the beginning, it is a piece of chewing tobacco (tbh I thought it was chocolate or gum at first)

[@daffers2345]

I thought it was a bar of steel and he was going to shoot bullets from his mouth or something. When he started spitting, I realized it was tobacco. I know they advertised chew on TV for years (Bull of the Woods, etc). and of course it was much more socially acceptable. I like how cartoons take culture for granted. It gives a fascinating glimpse into everyday lives of their eras. :)

[@danieljuniandrataslim4657]

I thought it was chocolate :(

[@garikm24]

I thought that was hard gum or Smth like that

[@Piooreck]

Because the animation is Black and white i thought it was like oil in a weird container or Smth like that

[@ryanhoward3383]

Wasn't there a tobacco product of that era that had a star on it?

[@GordanTheToad]

6:52 Mickey has to have the worst potato peeling skills I've ever seen. Litterally, most of the potato is gone by the time he throws one into the bucket.

[@jamesrocket5616]

I thought I was the only one who saw that

[@future09021]

all that wasted potato..

[@wildgunman64]

I mean, he’s being forced to do it by the captain of the boat, so either he doesn’t give a crap or he’s doing a bad job out of spite.

[@ArchiWorldRuS]

​@@jamesrocket5616like, that's the point of the scene

[@LITTLE1994]

That's the point of those super old cartoons.

[@ste11ar]

Corridor taking advantage as soon as something becomes public domain is the most Corridor thing ever. Thank you for this.

[@billc5557]

Arguably, it is also the POINT of public domain. Releasing a given work to, the PUBLIC, to release, distribute, or otherwise make their own. I believe that there is no "transformative" component necessary with public domain works.

[@aaronklein3480]

@@billc5557the point of the comment was not if but when theyd do it and it beeing pretty quickly

[@thelelanatorlol3978]

@@etnevel.naitzsirk Except that's not playing with fire, AI work can't be copyrighted (someone actually tried doing that recently for some patent and it got denied in court lmao)

[@Balc0ra]

Considering how often this has been a topic for them, or even has had dedicated videos about it. I would be disappointed if they did not do it.

[@RyanSoltani]

You gotta do what you gotta do

[@Boop__Doop]

just remember Mickie hijacked a moving boat, brought smuggled a passenger onto a boat, doesn't do any of his work, gets mad when he gets punished, wastes like 90% of the potatoe's, and then drowns an innocent parrot then laughs about it, Not to even mention all the other animal abuse or the sexual assault on Minnie mouse. he has always been evil. Edit: changed potato's into potatoes And added the animal abuse. Edit 2: please stop bullying me for how i spell potatoes or potato's or whatever english is hard.

[@moritz584]

You forgot about the horrendous animal abuse

[@TheMadwomen]

It gets worse. This isn't his first short, it's his THIRD. His first short, Plane Crazy, had him literally *sexually assault Minnie.* What a horrible mouse!

[@Alexgodofwar5662]

Mickey is a king Kings tend to be like this lmao/j

[@collapsedlung_]

which is why he hangs out with an edgelord like riku and has the kindgom key from the realm of darkness

[@bsasteve]

lol

[@Electrothecobra]

It's been a year since mickey entered the public domain

[@Jack_Wolfe]

I have to agree never realised how aggressive Mickey was in this, so many animals used as instruments

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

Mickey has been a psycho all along. That explains a lot of things.

[@askeleton6240]

and don't forget the cat that was "Long Gay-Bowsered"

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

How about the cat chewing tobacco. He spits it in his own face lol.

[@AFGuidesHD]

Throws a potato at a bird then cackles like a phsyco 💀

[@serimus]

As kid: 😂 As adult: 💀

[@PoleTooke]

7:00 That is some of the most ineffecient potato peeling that I have ever seen lol

[@hebl47]

This Mickey is quite a jerk, so I guess it's completely in-character.

[@sleev1091]

It's completely absurd that stuff has to be THIS old to be public domain.

[@LITTLE1994]

And don't get started with tv shows and video games. It's even worse...

[@misterboxhead3045]

Bro why you talk like if disney killed your father?

[@baconeater4133]

​@@misterboxhead3045 He literally did

[@texas_t]

You can literally thank Disney for that, the history of copyright laws was literally changed in some sense due to them. This would have been public domain in 2004 if it weren't for the copyright extension law put into effect around then after Disney fought it. Now every work has to deal with the same law, which is a shame

[@williamlevison9966]

It's gonna get copyrighted for sure, that music sure as hell ain't public domain. I already saw someone say they got music copyrighted for a similar reason.

[@like31000]

Man Mickey was ruthless back in the day 💀💀

[@daffers2345]

Yeah, that was before he started wearing gloves all the time, the gloves calmed him down ;)

[@wdd3141]

Interestingly, he embodied Walt Disney's own personality. Walt's widow would be saddened whenever she saw Mickey, because she saw her late spouse in him.

[@SpinThwomp]

Really impressive animation guys. What a cute mouse character too! Maybe one day he’ll catch on.

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Doubt it, the animation might've been ok but the story was shite. Most Disney shorts back then were. Took another 20 years before other studios produced true entertainment, like Tom and Jerry and Loony Tunes

[@Yousef77077]

Give him a hundred years or two.

[@sbp1763]

honestly I have this weird feeling that one day he will own a clubhouse

[@torrestoyfun4235]

@@sbp1763 me too! Another thing is that I thought the mouse would be friends with a dog and two ducks, I also thought that Mickey would have a dog as a pet, I don’t know why, I just think so

[@sweete6777]

@@torrestoyfun4235Really same here I also think he will have a girlfriend and then he will be public domain

[@chaos.corner]

Well done guys. The CGI is invisible in this one.

[@happyjohn1656]

There is none lol they just re-uploaded it

[@Moonvive]

​@@happyjohn1656 It's a joke

[@happyjohn1656]

@@Moonvive it's not

[@Moonvive]

@@happyjohn1656 Bait

[@happyjohn1656]

@@Moonvive rage

[@OmegaTou]

Honestly, this should have happened 40 years ago. What Disney did to copyright law is obscene.

[@elderleon1844]

One of a lot of reasons why People hate disney

[@falleithani5411]

70 years ago, if we're going by the original laws. And I'd argue that even the original 25 year term should have been shortened as technology made widespread distribution a quicker process. The point of copyright law was to protect the work juuust long enough for the original author to establish themselves in the public eye as its creator and ensure that they benefit from the first wave of sales, to help creative and innovative people to make a profit and receive credit, while also encouraging them to keep creating and innovating. It was never intended to encourage creative people to try to just create _one_ super popular idea and then sell it or milk it for enough money to retire, and then never need to come up with anything new. And it was _certainly_ never intended to create a situation where a handful of organizations could buy up most of the popular stories and characters in an entire culture, in an effort to dictate what narratives and cultural values are 'permitted' to become widespread and familiar enough to motivate large groups of people. Nor was it meant to encourage powerful organizations to actively try to undermine or usurp the popularity of old stories and characters, in an effort to actively prevent works which have entered the public domain from 'impeding demand for new products'. Stories prosper through each new generation taking the tales and characters they grew up with, then keeping the parts that resonate while updating and improving the rest. That's what creates strong bonds by which the young can connect with and share ideas with the old, and vice versa. Lifelong copyright is not only awful for artists, it's destroyed the entire premise of oral tradition which has helped bring people together for thousands of years, and made it a fortified private playground accessible only to a tiny fraction of society.

[@HDTomo]

@@falleithani5411I read allat and It's true

[@quirozarriolaadrianleonel8839]

Yes

[@staringcorgi6475]

The length of copyright should be determined by the creator or creators life in my opinion

[@benjaminjackson8663]

I remember riding the carriage to the nearest nickelodeon to see this one. My Pa kept raving on the way there about the "most hilarious Mouse of all time" and how my sister and I were going to see a "technical marvel that would be remembered for centuries." I thought all of that must be hogwash, there was simply no way anything could be that amazing. Well, i walked out of that movie house a changed young boy. Never was the same since. Every night i dreamed of Steamboat Willie and that Intrepid, wacky mouse. Seeing it again now for the second time in my life, I'm happy to say the experience is still intact. Nothing has really changed at all in the last 95 years. This funny little cartoon stuck with me all this time. I wish I could go back and thank my Pa for affording me the rare opportunity to set my young eyes on such a masterpiece, a jewel of film history. Thank God it can now be spread to the youth today through the miracle of the Internet, to show them what an amazing time it really was almost 100 years ago, back when i was still that wide eyed little boy and everything seemed so bright and new.

[@HunterSmith641]

Good to see an old timer enjoying the platform. Me, I'm just a young'un but I like older things better than newer ones

[@resolving_boris]

With all of the tools we have now, it's hard to really appreciate the massive amount of work that went into the original production. Truly groundbreaking and what we should all be grateful for.

[@zebwiz1900]

Animation here is better than alot of modern anime.

[@TheRenegade...]

Even syncing the audio to the animation was a challenge

[@Nomadwriter546]

​@TheRenegade... the audio synching is precisely what made this groundbreaking at the time, if I'm remembering correctly

[@LITTLE1994]

Yeah, for 1928, it is a MASTERPIECE.

[@pizzapiebaguette3893]

​​@@zebwiz1900 Better than most modern anime tbh

[@WalkingTrashcan]

Once again Corridor has pushed the limits of what vfx is capable of. Truly amazing work

[@kennethsanderson442]

😂😂😂

[@spenzasequenza]

This is the pinnacle of „invisible CGI“ 😂

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

600th like

[@fnafinatic09]

​@@MASTEROFEVIL nobody cares

[@RyanSoltani]

@@spenzasequenzarevolutionary

[@methanolfortheblind]

This should have hit the public domain before the internet was even invented. But late is better than never. Welcome, Willie, to the big wide world of total artistic freedom- I can't wait to see how it treats ya.

[@Videogeek95]

I DO hope at least respectfully... Bob Igor and them are the Assholes... Poor Mickey has been made the figure head and He really doesn't have anything to do with it...

[@silentnight6810]

Most likely low effort shock/horror movies and games

[@GetHypedandShocked]

@@silentnight6810 The horror movie has already been confirmed lol

[@kuromikisser]

sorry english is not my first language but what‘s the public domain everyone‘s talking about? i‘ve never heard of that term before until now

[@Videogeek95]

@@kuromikisser Put simply "Public Domain" is a "Story", "Character," Or in this case "Cartoon Short" that ANYONE in the PUBLIC can LEGALLY use for their own personal gain... Without the threat of legal action taken against them... Basically... You can make a story about Dracula and no one can do anything like suing you for copyright... You can NOW do this with THIS SPECIFIC cartoon... ANYTHING that you see in THIS SPECIFIC CARTOON (Steam Boat Willie Specifically) you can now do with in whatever manner you please and NOT get into legal trouble with Disney over it...

[@mashmachine4087]

Thankyou Corridor for single-handedly making such a cool and fun KZbin video in the current year 2024. Well done

[@alexanderseton]

The level of animal abuse by Mickey is one of the reasons the WDC wanted to keep this from public domain

[@evangravell5140]

That and absurd levels of greed that make even the most corrupt politicians look like generous saints by comparison.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

No, they just wanted to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. They released ALL of the Mickey Mouse shorts on DVD in the 2000s (part of their Walt Disney Treasures line marketed to adult collectors rather than children), including "Mickey's Mellerdrama", where Mickey and his friends put on a performance of the play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" while wearing blackface. This was AFTER the Sonny Bono copyright extension act. (Too bad Bono didn't crash into that tree sooner. Maybe we could've got 1928 works into the public domain a lot sooner.)

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@evangravell5140 The corrupt politicians (e.g., Sonny Bono) are the ones that extended the copyright on behalf of Disney and other corporations.

[@ericwilliamofficial]

Fun Fact: This Is The Censored Version Of Steamboat Willie. At 5:55, Originally, Mickey Would Play The Pig's Nipples Like An Accordion, However This Was Removed In Later Home Releases Due To Being Deemed Inappropriate.

[@YannickBo]

I was wondering why that part was missing.. Censorship our good old friend

[@PoorManatee6197]

Just when I though he coulnt be more of an asshole, he even kicks one of the piglets.

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mahamedxD]

I watched this short before and didn’t realize how much of a animal abuser Mickey is

[@Myron0117]

you mean 5:47 as your timestamp already flew past it

[@herny2991]

This mouse character is great! You guys should definitely do more videos with this fun original character! I'm sure he could go on to be really popular!

[@doesnt_exist_]

He’ll never be as big as the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit!!!

[@g0uki69]

Isn’t that Mickey Mouse

[@a_robot_box]

That I do agree! ​@@doesnt_exist_

[@g0uki69]

What happened

[@g0uki69]

I thought Mickey was Disney

[@Sparky5]

I'm over 50 years old and have never seen Steamboat Willie! Thank for the upload!

[@slightlyistorical1776]

Hard to believe how it all started with a man with a pencil and a dream to bring magic to life, and it all ended with a faceless megacorporation that had absolutely zero interest in living up to their founder's vision

[@clay5649]

Pretty sure we wouldn't have liked Walts dream so much

[@yitzakIr]

@@clay5649Walt certainly wouldn't have allowed mixed race couples on his shows

[@zetagundam20x]

@@clay5649really? I think he had a dream that would’ve greatly benefitted society. He was about to build a whole new way to function cities until his death along with continually being an advocate for futurism. Walt today would be so ashamed to see what his company and the world has become…

[@elmalxi]

​@@yitzakIrI don't think Walt would be upset primarily about that

[@mrhypnagogia]

Walt was never like that imo. He always wanted Disney to be huge since its inception

[@jokerfan564]

I was waiting 96 years for this video. You truly always keep your promises

[@onrch]

I was hyped up for almost 100 years, and it does not disappoint.

[@RyanSoltani]

You were waiting 96 years?-

[@jokerfan564]

@@RyanSoltani steamboat Willie is from 1928. The copyright ended just recently because Disney can not claim it anymore

[@RyanSoltani]

@@jokerfan564 oh I know it’s just the way you worded it sounded like you’ve been alive for over 96 years and have been waiting for this moment to come

[@mrbossfortheloss8058]

@@RyanSoltanido you not know what a joke is?

[@phillipgriego4675]

I like when a character like this goes into the public domain, the first thing indie studios do is make a weird horror movie with it 😂

[@I_enjoy_some_things]

inb4 I'm sorry Jon: Part 2

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

Blood and Balls

[@bob5253]

There's a horror short already based on this and it's actually good

[@GodoftheBlessed]

​@@bob5253do tell, what's the horror short name?

[@bob5253]

@@GodoftheBlessed The vanishing of S.S. Willie

[@mart_0406]

Grew up watching this so often, I remember being 6 and learning how to burn DVDs just so I could watch this in the living room TV, knowing it now belongs to all of humanity puts a smile on my face.

[@CZghost]

This is the first sound cartoon in existence. 1928. The fact that now after 95 years this film enters the Public Domain, is a truly historic moment. Let's enjoy this moment, for Mickey Mouse is now finally free.

[@TheTJASTA]

fake news

[@I_enjoy_some_things]

I wish I cared, but Mickey and most Disney characters have always come off as really, really weird to me lol. I'm sure this was awesome in the 20s, 30s, etc. But I really could not care less about anything Disney does anyomore. They drove me away with what they did to Star Wars lol.

[@Mamaluigi13]

Its not the first sound cartoon though

[@nathaliefernandez6431]

It wasn't the first sound cartoon bro💀

[@keyscored3710]

Actually, there were some sound cartoons from that came out a bit earlier like inkwell studios song car-tunes and dinnertime by Paul Terry, but what set steamboat Willie was the quality of the music and animation kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDMn6Kmedl6js0si=g9-YzN6FKwx7r0Km this came out the same year but for obvious reasons isn't as good

[@dlweiss]

Can't wait for the inevitable "Weirdest Mickey Mouse Animation" competition between the boys. Looking forward to some high-quality public-domain derangement.

[@RelaxRelapse720]

Technically only this short entered the public domain, not Mickey Mouse itself. So they can use this version of Mickey, but can’t call him Mickey. That being said, if the did do “Weirdest Mickey Mouse Animation” it would probably fall under parody and be fine.

[@user-xu2pi6vx7o]

There's already a First Person Shooter named "Mouse" on the horizon.

[@jakubgrzybek6181]

The original is already fucked

[@CFSworks]

@@RelaxRelapse720 As well, since Disney uses Mickey as their mascot (and he's registered with the USPTO -- see e.g. serial 77983520), they can still claim *trademark* protection by arguing that somebody else's use of Mickey is damaging to their brand -- even if that use doesn't violate the copyright laws.

[@ironhell813]

@RelaxRelapse720 They can’t even use the original even with a new name because the character is design marked which means you can’t use any character which resembles him or any other Disney character in any new media without licensing them.

[@Randelia]

I'm always amazed at the quality of Corridor's work. This almost felt like the real thing. 😉

[@darthkek1953]

It has some charm but not a fan of this one. Sloppy animation, monochrome and doesn't even look like Mickey. 4/10 not Corridor's best work.

[@Phoenixash-delfuego]

🙂

[@okene]

​@@darthkek1953this is literally old camera footage of Mickey, it only looks monotone because color wasn't invented yet

[@sgiswnam]

​@@okener/woooosh

[@ScottEproductions]

@@okene I think you missed the heavy dose of sarcasm there bud

[@boatymacko]

This is actually quality work, regardless of what era it was created in. It's relatively easy to make something like this today, but almost 100 years ago it probably took weeks, maybe even months just for these 7 minutes. Outstanding accomplishment!

[@imsobruh]

Cartoons were a lot expensive then

[@leviticusprime4904]

@@imsobruhdo we know the budget for this short?

[@mickeyconnor830]

Ub Iwerks drew the whole thing from start to finish by himself. Wouldn't let anyone "in-between," for him, and didn't follow the, "extremes and in-betweens," model of animating the more pronounced poses of a scene first, and then filling in the gaps afterward. Just drew it all in a straight run, pumping out an ungodly number of frames per day. He did so for both this and, "Plane Crazy," the latter of which was produced first but released second, after Walt decided to, "...make them over, with sound!" They got paid very little for either. This was all after Charlie Mintz stole both Oswald and Disney's entire animation staff, save Iwerks. (This is all from memory, but I believe every word to be 100% accurate.)

[@Maniloski]

​@@leviticusprime4904The budget was $4,986 US dollars at the time, which would currently be approximately 80,000 dollars. So yes, it was expensive

[@thewu1313]

This was an actually insane cartoon. I've never seen it before today, and it was way crazier than I could have anticipated

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

A lot of these early cartoons are a bit wild compared to today, mainly because of Mickey's status as a mascot.

[@IOverlord]

​@@KeybladeMasterAndy "What you mean wild? This is just how we boys act back then." - 👴

[@chrisbach8142]

Well, Jake did promise they were going to do this... Also, Happy New Year!

[@Upsilon1984]

Happy public domain day I think

[@RyanSoltani]

@@Upsilon1984I guess if you think about it, every January 1st is Public Domain Day since there’s usually something getting put into the public domain each year

[@brianevans673]

I haven’t seen this for 95 years, you’ve made an old man happy 😊

[@olsmokey]

You just wanted to see Minnie's knickers again, admit it.

[@benginaldclocker2891]

​@@olsmokey 🤨

[@srbatatab.k9293]

Dont we all?​@@olsmokey

[@EinarWutke-i2s]

how old are you

[@JWBabaYaga]

How old are you, @brianevans673?

[@tunimation777]

Mickey was an ABSOLUTE SAVAGE back then.

[@SoulStarSketchin]

Let the era of Steamboat Willie be reborn here and now at the start of 2024

[@alanaardman1882]

Today's kids will wonder what the song from Lethal Company is doing in this cartoon

[@jiffyjelly1]

@@alanaardman1882 Oh quiet ya old man.

[@mojaindustries4185]

the fact that creators are uploading Steamboat Willie and can monetize it, is hilarious.

[@ironhell813]

They can but not Mickey alone. Not even willies version without the movie.

[@loganricherson]

​@ironhell813 they can do the Willie version without the movie, providing it's not using anything from something thats not in public domain. They could make a new animated short with him for instance

[@ironhell813]

No they can’t because everything about Mickey is trademarked his appearance and his name, only way to do it is a parody or to fair use it as a report on one of Disneys works.

[@loganricherson]

@@ironhell813 trademark is not a way of getting outside of copyright. This has been settled in multiple court cases. I don't think you understand what it means for something to enter the public domain. Sure, disney still owns modern representations of the character, but this version is fair use to reuse or to make derivitive works

[@ironhell813]

@@loganricherson I’ve had hundreds of ppl tell me I know jack about copyright law and I own my own trademarks, there’s lawyers on YT saying what iam saying after I said it from day one public domain only covers works and a character isn’t a work it’s only a trademarked image you can make derivative works but it must include the original work iam quoting actual copyright law

[@Lunar994]

Funny enough, this is the first time I've seen it outside of the iconic whistling scene.

[@AmirTapir]

Yeah!!! I used to see this classic video on a VHS with my siblings! So glad this is finally on the public domain for all to appreciate and love!! Thank you!

[@stanleywhite4404]

Steamboat Willy holds a special place in my heart. In preschool and kindergarten every single morning before we left the house we would sit down and have what we called “Mickey Mickey time”. We had a family blanket we sat down with and watch and episode that was on. I loved the creativity put into it. The design to me will always look so clean and thought out. Animation back in these days were so well put together

[@z3ntropy]

steamboat willie has an interesting character design- I think you could make an entire franchise off him

[@SaHaRaSquad]

And maybe add a goofy side character.

[@USMC49er]

Maybe add a duck with anger issues and a speech impediment

[@QuantaBee]

Give him a dog, too.

[@SuperCanonX2]

Maybe a girlfriend too for the duck

[@Obantus]

And maybe give Willie a girlfriend

[@bobbyhorne2291]

Yo, Mickey was actually kind of a menace. 😂

[@lechute8635]

who the hell is mickey bro this is steamboat willie

[@Hyperion9997]

​@@lechute8635I think steam boat Willie is the big guy who bullies him off the bridge

[@Adyman182]

I can't believe they're making movies with sound now, I wonder what else future holds

[@wynnefox]

This is better than any other animation you guys have done recently. You should be proud of all the hard work that went into this.

[@alexrowaan7326]

What AI did you use this time?

[@GenocidalSquid]

@@alexrowaan7326No AI. This is the LITERAL AND ORIGINAL Steamboat Willie film here!

[@PrueferAuge]

@@GenocidalSquid woosh

[@Edalgm]

@@GenocidalSquid r/woosh

[@GenocidalSquid]

@@Edalgm …goddamn I got wooshed.

[@lllMithrandirlll]

I love how this is more fun to watch than anything Disney has made in the past decade.

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

The fact that Disney execs are probably tearing their skin right now over losing exclusivity rights makes it icing on the cake. 😂

[@elmalxi]

​@@Halcon_Sierreno😂😂😂

[@schnauzerindustries]

also more funny

[@kidmosey]

@@Halcon_Sierreno I don't see how anyone can look at the last decade with Disney and think the execs are doing anything but cheering that this might destroy the last remnant of what Walt Disney started.

[@ironhell813]

Believe me, they’ve lost zilch, Mickey still can’t be used commercially by anyone else due to trademark law. He’s a design mark now and copyright doesn’t matter it only affects the company’s abandoned works, not it’s characters.

[@danielvalentine2191]

who'd've thunk that Corridor digital would be the source of me watching this cartoon in full for the first time. This year is certainly off to a start.

[@Zeitta7]

96 years after its release, i have watched this in its in entirety for the first time, thank you mr Disney, your creation is still enyoyable to this day, and has shaped animation around the world as we know it

[@SamL12345]

This is honestly a pretty great film for its time, still holds up comedically today.

[@danielsantoro6332]

Just remember people will be born after this, growing up in a world where Mickey Mouse was always public domain for them. Man, time flies. Also, there are people who are still alive who are older than Steamboat Willy.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

only in this form modern mickey is still copyright for awhile

[@ironhell813]

Via parody he was always public domain.

[@Teletric]

What a lovely Cuphead fan-animation! You guys did such a great job with it!

[@DankDope]

Lol

[@Connie_TinuityError]

eeeeeeee

[@auralcross3139]

As if the abuse wasn't enough in the entire short, Mickey ends up drowning the bird and laughs while listening to it.

[@ramezfouad4991]

Well, the bird was mocking and laughing at Mickey so...

[@KaliadderExperiments]

Happy new year!!!🎉 I don’t think I’ve ever watched this classic in its entirety before tonight. Thank you for posting this for the world to behold ❤

[@manleycreations6466]

I gotta say corridor is really letting themselves go on their quality of work. This looks like something that was made 96 years ago. Well, they can't all be bangers.

[@dokucroe3865]

Mickey Mouse has now started his ongoing journey for years to come in the public domain. He is truly the mascot Disney truly deserves.

[@Cameronator256]

A real legend was born

[@bjgeantil]

Ironic that Disney's 100 Year anniversary ends with them losing copyright over the original mickey mouse short

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Ridiculous that it lasts that long.

[@commenter621]

​@@kamikeserpentail3778It's copyright got extended multiple times and it was supposed to be out sooner than it did

[@yellohammer8571]

​@@commenter621 Compare the amount of money Disney spent persuading the US Government to extend copyright for their character, whit the amount they spent buying Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ESPN, and 20th Century Fox and its assets.

[@Serftie]

Is there a better way to start a new year then by watching steamboat Willie sailing into the public domain? I think not

[@ZeroJump]

5:14 These might be the funniest cat sounds of all time

[@kingsupreme1532]

Sounds like opening Tom from opening of Classic Tom and Jerry episodes to me

[@v-14415]

man i know the саt dеаth nоisеs are so funny 😂💀

[@WTIF2025]

This is an absolutely amazing animation. It must have taken you months to make this! You replicated the 1920's animation style perfectly, and I love it! Keep up the great work!

[@bingussoldier3590]

steamboat willie

[@FloweyDreemurr]

And that little mouse is so cute! He matches the rubberhose style perfectly!

[@PinkTieGuy]

I've never seen the whole thing before but I'm amazed at how much squash and stretch humour was put into the first animation lol.

[@Baykirk693]

This is the first sound animation not the first animation

[@waitithoughtihadtousemyrea5976]

@alainjulien4598 It's not the first sound cartoon either, though many sources make that mistake.

[@Lightning-gg5iu]

One of the core fundamentals of animation More people should really look into them when starting animation

[@justusP9101]

@@waitithoughtihadtousemyrea5976It is not?

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

Same, and it got a few snickers out of me 😂

[@maggiegarcia5131]

0:33 the famous whistle!

[@ajokay]

I guess thats why the only clip you ever get shown of this cartoon is Mickey whistling whilst steering the boat, because the rest is 7 minutes of animal abuse 😂

[@ironhell813]

It’s used to assert trademark rights over the original design because it was created under a different company than Disney.

[@noahplaysgames3748]

1 year later. it's still unbelievable how this is in the public domain

[@philipjohnson3225]

I’ve never seen this before. After all this time, it’s still absolutely charming. It’s kind of funny that this was the best animation in the world when it came out… and it’s downright hilarious that there’s absolutely nothing Disney can do to stop people from posting it at will.

[@Orangeflava]

Why is it funny? Everything was hand drawn! Thats a lot of work

[@BradsGonnaPlay]

I agree, however all of these indiscriminate crap-posts are absolutely going to initiate something worse probably. Just you wait. People aren’t even posting in good faith to the proper law.

[@ironhell813]

No they aren’t they’re asserting they own Mickey and can even monetize him in these videos, it’s gonna end with a grand lesson in copyright law for a lot of ppl.

[@MuffinTastic]

@@ironhell813 There's no copyright issue here. You're allowed to monetize reuse and republishing of public domain content. It's just not likely to be monetized as KZbin detects reused content and automatically demonetizes it, if I recall correctly. But still, no legal issues.

[@minioop2]

​@@ironhell813It's pretty sad how in our modern society people like you can't even imagine when public domain products look like. You and people of your age are so used to everything being under copyright that you aren't even able to accept public domain rules when they finally apply. It's crazy

[@modellking]

What a character concept! I wonder what world he lives in? Someone should expand on this, that mouse might be worth billions!

[@Topaz-zk4zk]

The world is called, “Timeless River”.

[@TheDevilishangel123]

Someone should make an open world steamboat willie game

[@williamlevison9966]

It's gonna get copyrighted for sure, that music sure as hell ain't public domain. I already saw someone say they got music copyrighted for a similar reason.

[@SentientTent]

​@@williamlevison9966So was this music created after the animation was published? Do you know what happened to the original music?

[@MUTVFORMV]

​@@Topaz-zk4zkKingdom Hearts?

[@AmiYamato]

Wow. Mickey was a real jerk to other animals!

[@fidgetASMR]

Thats why Disney dont want him no more

[@Capydapy]

Yeah I'm with Pete on this one. 😅

[@mochigirl8055]

​@@Capydapywho's pete?

[@manlysoutherner3696]

@@mochigirl8055The captain

[@RespecterAlexander]

This proves more media should be given to the public

[@私の口の中に大きな胸のインプラ]

Amazing work guys you animated this really well and true to the original style

[@Twocoolman115]

Can’t tell if sarcasm or not, but just in case This is the original Steamboat Willie, it entered the public domain today. Anyone can use it in any way they see fit.

[@私の口の中に大きな胸のインプラ]

@@Twocoolman115 it was indeed sarcasm. But I’m sure your comment will help someone out

[@thekingzhaul5914]

​@@Twocoolman115Irony Poisoning and it's consequences

[@PolishGod1234]

All jokes aside, this is a pretty damn good animation. Far more entertaining than anything Disney has made in past couple of years

[@Itskellyclarkson]

You couldn't be more wrong, little buddy

[@PolishGod1234]

@@Itskellyclarkson I'm right.

[@Itskellyclarkson]

@@PolishGod1234 you're right about being wrong

[@PolishGod1234]

@@Itskellyclarkson the only person who's wrong here is you

[@zuniber]

Impressing how something that was made in the 20' is far more better than Disney has given to us these years. They really lost the touch that made Disney what it was a long time ago.

[@beenieween1e]

Turkey in the Straw is a beautiful classic Americana tune. And the cartoon is sweet too. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more of this classic American art entering the public domain!

[@AmazingArends]

I always thought of it as "the farmer's song." Now some woke idiots are trying to say it's racist, like everything else

[@masterspark9880]

@@AmazingArends The tune was used in minstrel shows, so those people aren’t entirely wrong. Also, why are you seeking out political views you disagree with just to get mad at them?

[@beenieween1e]

Let em say what they want. I see Mickey showing off his Appalachian roots here, playing washboard and stomping out the tune on a wooden riverboat deck. People will perpetually pick art apart, imply what the author meant tens or hundreds of years later, and talk about the trends and norms of a hundred years ago like you can apply today's rules to it instead of just enjoying the art. So I say enjoy the art!@@AmazingArends

[@AmazingArends]

@@masterspark9880 because they force their views on everyone else.

[@masterspark9880]

@@AmazingArends How? No one made the tune illegal or something

[@fidtrumpdump86]

This is my creation, I made this and I am very proud of it

[@PabloToonimations]

It's OUR creation ☭

[@baconous689]

First thing I've watched for 2024. Happy New Years guys.

[@Finlees]

Congrats on this amazing animation corridor! They could really be onto something here, make this into a franchise and you could make billions!

[@artao5]

Willie and Winnie are gonna have some fun times together I reckon.

[@TheBaxes]

Someone can finally make a legal piece of hot forbidden content with those two characters and I fear the day that gets released

[@eclipseRz]

Can’t believe I made this 95 years ago, time flies

[@SealyTheSeal]

Not true because I made it! Mickey is canonically gay because I said so.

[@Lunaticdoesdumstuff]

This is Steamboat Willie​@@SealyTheSeal