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No ‘Night of the Living Dead’?
by daviddavis 7y ago
No ‘Night of the Living Dead’?
- zakki 7y agohttp://publicdomainflix.com/night-of-the-living-dead-1968_bfdc139c4.html http://publicdomainflix.com/night-of-the-living-dead-1968_bf...
- jerf 7y agoI was wondering how that can be public domain. So to save others some searching: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2016/10/25/why-night-of-the-living-dead-is-public-domain/ https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2016/10/25/why-night-of-the-... The short answer is, they forgot to put the copyright notice on it, and at the time, that made it public domain.
- bredren 7y agoYes, 8 years later this law “bug” was patched. Nice vid on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI1kqlt4vkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI1kqlt4vkA
- zik 7y agoWeird. I would have thought that it would be copyright by default under the Berne copyright convention of 1886. Ah, after further research I see that the US only joined the convention in 1988.
- Angostura 7y agoProbably explains why in the latest season of Stranger Things, the characters got to the flix and watch that particular film.
- pmontra 7y agoThey also have The Last Man On Earth (1964) http://publicdomainflix.com/mobile/the-last-man-on-earth-1964_a71c469fb.html http://publicdomainflix.com/mobile/the-last-man-on-earth-196... It's the first movie adaptation of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend." It was filmed in the suburbs of Rome, Italy.
- notus 7y agoDid you not search?