MSCHF’s next project won’t wait for Mickey Mouse to enter the public domain
Photo by LMPC via Getty Images After prodding Nike with a Lil Nas X collaboration for Satan Shoes" and memorializing iconic failed startups as toys, the internet collective MSCHF is aiming bigger and further out with its next drop.
Image: MSCHF MSCHF Famous Mouse" tokenMickey Mouse is set to enter the public domain in 2024, at which point MSCHF could make a Mickey Mouse artwork. Today, in 2021, we cannot.
Instead, we are making and selling the idea of a MSCHF Famous Mouse" artwork now, that will not exist-even as a design-until 2024. If you purchase this artwork, we give you a temporary token with a unique code that can be redeemed for the actual piece in 3 years.
Instead of waiting a few more years for copyrights on works from 1923...