Tuesday, October 31, 2017

How Some Movies Ended Up - By Accident - In The Public Domain

"When horror movie icon George A. Romero died earlier this year, it should have started a copyright expiration timeline for his most famous and influential work, the 1968 classic and Halloween icon Night of the Living Dead. But something really scary happened to the film before it became a hit: Due to a last-second title change and a distributor error, the former Night of the Flesh Eaters fell into the public domain upon its release. What caused these types of problems - and how has copyright adapted since?"



Article source here:Arts Journal

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