You just upload a whole cartoon lol

This was actually the first time I've seen this cartoon and I'm shocked that Mickey was such a maniac back then

I don't remember Mickey picking up the whole-ass mother pig and playing her teats - I wonder if that got cut somewhere down the distribution pipeline? i know a few years back Disney did an exhibition with their old films and cut some of the animal abuse scenes from Steamboat Willie (I think mainly the cat?) so wouldn't be the first time it's happened.

cardinalwolf said:
You just upload a whole cartoon lol

A brief reminder.
THIS version of Mickey Mouse is NOW in the public domain, meaning it is free to be posted and used as the public sees fit.
So...why not?
Still...a hilarious idea at the end of the day.

zavros-periculum said:
I don't remember Mickey picking up the whole-ass mother pig and playing her teats - I wonder if that got cut somewhere down the distribution pipeline? i know a few years back Disney did an exhibition with their old films and cut some of the animal abuse scenes from Steamboat Willie (I think mainly the cat?) so wouldn't be the first time it's happened.

It was removed by Walt himself, he regretted that joke

zavros-periculum said:
I don't remember Mickey picking up the whole-ass mother pig and playing her teats - I wonder if that got cut somewhere down the distribution pipeline? i know a few years back Disney did an exhibition with their old films and cut some of the animal abuse scenes from Steamboat Willie (I think mainly the cat?) so wouldn't be the first time it's happened.

I just got to the cat part and now I feel bad :(

elur said:
This was actually the first time I've seen this cartoon and I'm shocked that Mickey was such a maniac back then

Mickey was very much a troublemaker in the old cartoons. Kinda the reason they were popular was because they were energetic and comical to make up for the lack of color and little dialogie.

Disney be sweating now.

Wow. I've never seen all of this before, and it was literally animal abuse bonanza.

I wasn't around when this animation was first shown to the world. But I distinctfully remember watching it as a kid and loving it. I don't remember how I found it as a kid but I do remember rewatching it many times. Funny seeing it here now.

There's a rumor floating that one of walts animators made a porno staring Micky and Minnie and gave it to Walt on his birthday. He was immediately fired and the film was presumably destroyed

Sure, just put the entire unaltered cartoon on here lol. What a delightful classic (and I can now say that with clear conscience)

It's truly the beginning of a new age. Superman and Popeye have some PD cartoons too but it's something extra special that this character, to just even the smallest of degrees, is now free use. I mean, not that it ever stopped artists before but now that most wicked of companies can no longer force their hand

Now we don't have to worry about copyright since this is now in the public domain

Preparing the pop-corn.

Should there be a public domain tag?

rokkets said:
Should there be a public domain tag?

We do, in fact, already have a public domain tag.

>Steamboat willie is now public domain

>immediately gets uploaded to e621

I love the internet so damn much

it only makes sense for this to be here but id be lying if i told you i expected this to happen

brace yourselves yall, we can expect a bunch of Mickey Mouse cartoons to start entering the public domain in the following years, including the sound version of Plane Crazy and about 12 other shorts made in 1929 by next year alone unless disney pulls another mickey mouse protection act (which i doubt they'll do)

bigchunguss said:
There's a rumor floating that one of walts animators made a porno staring Micky and Minnie and gave it to Walt on his birthday. He was immediately fired and the film was presumably destroyed

It always sounded weird cause of Disneys clean Image but honestly after watching 7 minutrs of the mouse being a dick it doesnt seem too crazy

Ah the joys of the public domain! what a perfect start to the new year!

elur said:
This was actually the first time I've seen this cartoon and I'm shocked that Mickey was such a maniac back then

Traditionally he's always been a bit of a stinker. He dropped Minnie mouse from a plane because he rejected his attempts to get fresh with her in one episode

One more year and then Mickey with his gloves with be public domain!

stoneguardian said:
Wow. I've never seen all of this before, and it was literally animal abuse bonanza.

First time seeing the whole thing too. It's always been the bits at the beginning, but seeing the whole thing now....... wow.

I love how everyone instantly started posting this
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public domain ftw lmfao

never thought i’d be watching steamboat willie on e621 of all places

cardinalwolf said:
You just upload a whole cartoon lol

The copyright has expired, and Willy is a mouse after all

Now you can say that you watched Mickey Mouse on e621!
I don't know why you would want to, but you can.

djinnspalace said:
It always sounded weird cause of Disneys clean Image but honestly after watching 7 minutrs of the mouse being a dick it doesnt seem too crazy

Many people that have worked with Disney have made adult cartoons.

A necessary act. Thank you

Imagine someone's searching through the 'teat play' tag on E621 and gets the fuckin original Steamboat Willy

That didn't take long. Well done.

blackjack1101 said:
I love how everyone instantly started posting this
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It is our civic duty to make Disney spin in his grave.

about goddamn time! 👏

motifathedestroyer said:
One more year and then Mickey with his gloves with be public domain!

actually, i think the gloves are already public domain - they're in the title card.

To think that the steam boat was currently not outmoded at the time of release.

Classic

Can’t wait for all the classic shorts to be on here when more and more finally become pb.

stevesalvy said:
First time seeing the whole thing too. It's always been the bits at the beginning, but seeing the whole thing now....... wow.

Yeah this is something that is surprising common with 1920s and 30s animation

I love this cartoon! I wasn't expecting to watch this on e621 lol

Damn, son.

There's spitting in Disney's eye,

And then there's SPITTING IN DISNEY'S EYE.

Just went the whole 9 yards I see...

Well, I didn't expect this to get the wedgie tag. Guess Walt really was a freak, huh?

Only a day into the year and the internet gives a collective, legal middle finger to Disney.

2024 is actually looking up. 🤣

It only took two fucking days, huh?

Just seeing the tag list grow has been entertaining on its own.

elur said:
This was actually the first time I've seen this cartoon and I'm shocked that Mickey was such a maniac back then

So much animal abuse

e6 movie night?

We are living in the year 2024 and it is finally beginning to show.

Disney can't stop us all.

Even though it's Disney, I still upvoted. (Joke, but the modern company has a reputation for breaking franchises)

i lost my shit when i opened this and instantly had it blacklisted for mother_and_child_(lore), young, feral

Sprayed with cow milk

Mm yes "lactation"

neepokra said:
copyright my have expired but don't forget that they still hold the trademark law, and thanks to inserting the old cartoon into their openings on all their content, now they can still protect the mouse with trademark infringement, so don't go too overboard with using the mouse in your stuff, you can still technically get sued for it.

https://www.upcounsel.com/disney-trademark-infringement
matt patt explains this better
https://youtu.be/fOzFG5m3Y5E?si=9rggRFeYBn0WGskV&t=655

You're literally right, I have no idea why people are down voting you.

what was even the point of the cat scene, it didnt even fit the music at all he was just torturing a random ass cat

colerchestnut said:
what was even the point of the cat scene, it didnt even fit the music at all he was just torturing a random ass cat

Cat and mouse, you get the picture

Ngl I was really hoping someone had made a porno version already.

Welp, I shouldn’t have been surprised this would end up here, still, nice to see it in full, just, didn’t think E621 is where I’d be watching Steamboat Willie lol.

alphamule said:
Even though it's Disney, I still upvoted. (Joke, but the modern company has a reputation for breaking franchises)

Breaking franchises and being giant assholes.

majorz said:
It is our civic duty to make Disney spin in his grave.

You mean his cryogenic chamber ;)

First, Corridor Digital. Now, this person just uploading the whole.

it's a shame my blacklist didn't show me this i'm proud to turn that off for steamboat willie

stoneguardian said:
Wow. I've never seen all of this before, and it was literally animal abuse bonanza.

You've never seen 20th-century cartoons, have you? It was basically all slapstick. You should see the old Tom and Jerry lol.

DjinnsPalace said:

bigchunguss said:
There's a rumor floating that one of walts animators made a porno staring Micky and Minnie and gave it to Walt on his birthday. He was immediately fired and the film was presumably destroyed

It always sounded weird cause of Disneys clean Image but honestly after watching 7 minutrs of the mouse being a dick it doesnt seem too crazy

I mean it's horny artists being themselves. Doesn't have anything to do with the public company's image, right? I'd believe it too, especially since artists who draw what's considered smut still work in studios, in different levels of silence.

Man this Ub Iwerks guy is pretty good, cant wait till he opens a Patreon.

cardinalwolf said:
You just upload a whole cartoon lol

pretty based ngl

I don't think disney would let this version fall in public domain so easily, I'm pretty sure they left some traps on the road, be careful.

zelripheth said:
I don't think disney would let this version fall in public domain so easily, I'm pretty sure they left some traps on the road, be careful.

You're right they wouldn't let it fall into public domain easily. Thats why it stayed copywritten for almost 100 years. This came out in 1928. It is no longer protected as of this year. It's completely safe to share and distribute it now. You can even sell tickets to view it if you could find anyone willing to buy.

fuck666 said:
You're literally right, I have no idea why people are down voting you.

I don’t know, but here’s something else that might get downvoted

There are different versions of steamboat Willy out there, only the original is public domain, remastered or reworked versions that came out later are still protected under copyright, so you have to ask yourself, which version is this steamboat Willy? This video may need to be taken down if it’s a 4K remastered version or any other version that came out later.

neepokra said:
I don’t know, but here’s something else that might get downvoted

There are different versions of steamboat Willy out there, only the original is public domain, remastered or reworked versions that came out later are still protected under copyright, so you have to ask yourself, which version is this steamboat Willy? This video may need to be taken down if it’s a 4K remastered version or any other version that came out later.

Great way to reset the clock, haha. Even better, let's hide the originals from even the copyright office.

notthatoneguy1234 said:
Traditionally he's always been a bit of a stinker. He dropped Minnie mouse from a plane because he rejected his attempts to get fresh with her in one episode

Only in the first 2, afterwards he mellowed a fair bit

The animal abuse on this shit is wild

foxy-yiffer said:
The animal abuse on this shit is wild

welcome to old cartoons wait into the racesisum hits

Technically, shouldn't the Steamboat Willie copyright tag be removed since it's in the public domain? :P

sorgui said:
It was removed by Walt himself, he regretted that joke

My first time watching Steamboat Willie and it's the complete, unedited version. I consider this a blessing!

F*CK YOU DISNEY

Something deep inside me just want to look over every frame just for a reason to give this an Questionable or even Explicit rating

On the other hand, That would make it less likely to show up in online search results, and while we can't defeat YT, Wikipedia, or Internet Archive, we can still defeat the PornHub upload

I just love it when copyright laws suddenly cease to exist after a century due to poor planning resulting in... whatever this is.

Kudos to anyone who correctly tagged this overrated junk as "animal abuse". It's crazy how it still runs at Disneyland restaurants in a loop, where I watched it for the first time and literally got angry about it. That's neither charming, nor kids entertainment. Mickey is an a**hole in this.

motifathedestroyer said:
One more year and then Mickey with his gloves with be public domain!

Mickey with gloves is public domain, he has gloves in the title card.