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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 26, 2009 16:25:14 GMT -5
Wizard Of Oz. The movie isn't, but anyone can write a book about Oz and have it published. What about the 1921 movie? All four of the silent film adaptations are now completely in public domain.
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Post by AriadosMan on Nov 26, 2009 16:45:49 GMT -5
The original Tarzan of the Apes and Princess of Mars novels are now both PD.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Nov 26, 2009 20:57:43 GMT -5
I tought King Kong(1933) was in public domain for at least 30 years.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Nov 26, 2009 21:25:48 GMT -5
I know some of the Three Stooges Shorts fell through the cracks.
Also, we get it, everything made before 1900.
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Post by PaperStreetBrigade on Nov 26, 2009 21:40:48 GMT -5
Best Public Domain Movie: Metropolis Or at least I could swear it is. The original sound track is lost though. This link is useful en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_StatesHow many more times will they change Copyright Law so Mickey Mouse doesn't go into PD? I can't wait till there's a t-shirt salesman on every corner selling Mickey shirts. Edit: Legally I should say.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 26, 2009 22:00:08 GMT -5
I know some of the Three Stooges Shorts fell through the cracks. Also, we get it, everything made before 1900. To my knowledge, only four of the Stooges shorts fell into PD, and I'm still not sure how that happened. It's the same four you find on all of the PD collections (Disorder in the Court, etc).
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 26, 2009 22:02:39 GMT -5
The original Tarzan of the Apes and Princess of Mars novels are now both PD. I believe so, which means anyone can reprint them exactly. They can't do anything else with them though (expansions, revisions), because that constitutes a change to the character (Tarzan, John Carter of Mars) and those are still very much under copyright. Also, should be noted that the US and UK have vastly differing laws now regarding when something becomes PD, so things that are PD in England aren't yet here, and a few vice versa.
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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Nov 26, 2009 22:09:58 GMT -5
Best Public Domain Movie: Metropolis Or at least I could swear it is. The original sound track is lost though. This link is useful en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_StatesHow many more times will they change Copyright Law so Mickey Mouse doesn't go into PD? I can't wait till there's a t-shirt salesman on every corner selling Mickey shirts. Edit: Legally I should say. Metropolis was secured by the Murnau Foundation, I believe. They also found all but one scene of it recently, somewhere in brazil or argentina or something. They hope to have it out for the public by the second quarter of 2010. ...I still have the Moroder version on VHS. With the Vestron V of Doom!
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Post by default on Nov 26, 2009 22:37:11 GMT -5
Some more...
Quite a few old serials are. Radar Men from the Moon, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, The New Adventures of Tarzan, Dick Tracy (obviously not the newer movie)
Also, some of the old school Superman cartoons are like where he battles Hitler (I bought Radar Men for the sole reason that one of the Hitler ones was a bonus.)
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 26, 2009 22:43:49 GMT -5
Some episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies, and the Andy Griffith show are PD somehow.
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Post by Young Game on Nov 26, 2009 22:58:19 GMT -5
So, can I use footage from "Bad Taste" legally.....or no?
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Post by Phil Parent on Nov 26, 2009 23:01:06 GMT -5
Dune. Dune got Alan Smithee'd.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 26, 2009 23:01:45 GMT -5
So, can I use footage from "Bad Taste" legally.....or no? That's my understanding, but do not take it as 100% fact.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2009 0:25:57 GMT -5
Anything before 1939 is Public Domain I think. I think the rule is if it's over 70 years old, it's public domain. Not quite. 70 years after the death of the original creator... for most things, anyway. There are some episodes of The Lucy Show that are public domain, I believe. That'd be an exception to the rule, obviously.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 27, 2009 0:41:42 GMT -5
Anything before 1939 is Public Domain I think. I think the rule is if it's over 70 years old, it's public domain. Not quite. 70 years after the death of the original creator... for most things, anyway. There are some episodes of The Lucy Show that are public domain, I believe. That'd be an exception to the rule, obviously. Right - part of the reasons certain parts of things like I Love Lucy and Superman cartoons and such are in PD and some aren't is because the copyright laws here have changed several times, and at one point it wasn't a "once it's protected, it's protected for so long" deal - they had to physically renew the copyrights every few years. Which is why some things slipped through the cracks.
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Post by Triple Kelly on Nov 27, 2009 4:21:41 GMT -5
First thing I thought of was those 4 Three Stooges shorts, hehehe. There's also a few Stooges cartoons with Curly Joe DeRita that get sold in the dollar bins. Bela Lugosi has a bunch of movies that went into PD. The three off the top of my head I can remember are Ghosts On the Loose, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla and I thiiiink, Zombies On Broadway. Lady Frankenstein is also PD, and I'm glad because anyone that has to pay more than a dollar for that crappy movie is nuts. Babes in Toyland, the original Laurel & Hardy version is in PD, which explains why it was always on television in NY during the holidays and got about 20 b&W and colorized video releases. And boy there's a ton of propoganda and "educational" films that fell into PD. Sex Madness is a late 30s gem.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Nov 27, 2009 7:07:52 GMT -5
I tought King Kong(1933) was in public domain for at least 30 years. Yeah there was a big case between Nintendo and Universal over Donkey Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Nintendo_Co.,_Ltd. When you talk about public domain it is very confusing. There are tons of loopholes and things. also one that I don't think anyone has said which is pretty big is Dracula. In the U.S. Dracula has actually been in the public domain ever since it was first published due to Stoker not copyrighting it properly. His widow tried to ban the 1922 Nosferatu movie but lost due to this.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 27, 2009 7:48:21 GMT -5
In the U.S. Dracula has actually been in the public domain ever since it was first published due to Stoker not copyrighting it properly. His widow tried to ban the 1922 Nosferatu movie but lost due to this. Sure about that? I've always read that she won, and all prints of Nosferatu were *supposed* to be destroyed, but some smart thinking-ahead folks basically said "**** that" and set some aside.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Nov 27, 2009 8:37:37 GMT -5
Sure, same with most all books published pre-1910 or so. A few still retain copyrights, but through sideways means (The Burroughs estate retains copyright on the Tarzan character, which keeps the books out of the hands of PD'ers, for instance). Hell, there's a whole movement now with Jane Austen stuff where people are making dozens of sequels to her works and rewriting her books with new twists (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, for example) Rewriting, or just making it so the books are actually bearable? Sorry, my penis insisted I take a shot at Jane Austen. I suggest you stop letting your penis do the reading for you.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Nov 27, 2009 12:06:13 GMT -5
Yes, watch the Kierra Knightly Version of Pride and Prejudice, it's tolerable.
Yeah, Metropolis is great, and one of those films that needs a good remake (Silent Film is a separate artform from Talkies, were remade extensively as technology improved, and in most cases, everyone involved is long dead, therefore remake without guilt.)
Yeah, Nintendo totally walloping Universal on the King Kong Copyright case is by far the coolest thing ever.
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