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Pasquale De Marco
Junior
Posts: 10
From: Hewitt, New Jersey
Registered: Jul 2005

posted August 10, 2005 12:00 PM

Hi,

I've purchased the Scott MacGillivray book about Castle Films. In it he says that the Copyrights on their films were renewed in the 70's. I believe they were renewed by Universal.

Does anyone know if the Copyright is still in force ?

Thanks in advance.

Pat De Marco

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted August 11, 2005 05:32 AM

Interesting question, Pat. Obviously, all the Universal stock is still copyright protected. I wouldn't know about all the documentaries and travelogues that Castle released...

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John Whittle
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 791
From: Northridge, CA USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 14, 2005 11:12 AM

Copyright is a very involved issue and since most of the Castle films were not original productions (there were a few) the original copyright owners rights would prevail as underlying rights.

There are lawyers that charge hundreds of dollars an hour that do this type of work and entering into any commercial use of old titles without a good title search is just asking for trouble.

John

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