When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works
The IPKat
APRIL 8, 2022
But for IP types, perhaps their most notable accomplishment was the revenge that they took upon the copyright system. It is here that the story, as a copyright matter, become murky. The movie had entered cinema oblivion. However, there was no longer copyright protection of the book in the U.S.
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