Mickey Mouse and Darth Vader smoking pot: AI image generators play fast and loose with copyrighted characters
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So do pencils and Photoshop. Are those illegal?
Mickey mouse is public domain now 😊
Steamboat Willie is public domain. Technically that is not all of Mickey mouse, just the first iteration of him.
His name is Mickey mouse.