The IPKat
APRIL 8, 2022
The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works. The movie had entered cinema oblivion. So, if a copy of the movie could be found, the movie could be safely screened there. But the Stoker book did not emerge from a creative tabula rasa.
The IPKat
JANUARY 23, 2023
The cross-media creative franchise (think "Wonder Woman", from comics to film), is the apotheosis of the commercial potential of derivative works within the copyright system. Often few copies, and sometimes no copy, of a silent film would survive. But the cross media franchise is hardly a modern phenomenon.
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Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
In fact, he was so big that when the producers of “Ghostbusters” approached him about writing the theme for their upcoming film, Lewis had to decline because of previous commitments, including his work on the “Back to the Future” soundtrack. The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000).
Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. A used copy will set you back $1.09; for reasons unknown, a new copy is going for $113.03—In
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