How is GOTHIC (1986) in the public domain? (or is it?)
I've seen this film listed in all sorts of 20 and 50 movies packs, alongside all the usual P.D. suspects. The film wasn't a huge success and critical opinion is mixed, but how does a film this recent,...
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Hi zogstar! I also noticed an Ebay seller flogging his DVD-R copy of GOTHIC and quoting "This film is considered to be in the public domain, and or does not currently hold copyrights within the United...
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markchro, under U.S. copyright law, films released from 1964 through 1977 automatically had their copyrights renewed for a second term. Films released from 1978 onward had one 75-year copyright term...
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Thank you Cadaverino! I always learn something new when I log onto this great Forum! Cheers! So have the owners/distributors of GOTHIC just tried to make the most of it by adding the film to all those...
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Make the most of what? GOTHIC is a British film released in 1986. I wrote above, "Films released in almost all foreign countries from 1978 onward receive the same U.S. copyright duration as works...
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Interesting, I have GOTHIC on a Treeline/ Mill Creek 50 film set- my understanding is that those are all PD, and those sets are rather recent...
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Just to follow up, it's not like GOTHIC is used as a big selling point for these sets. It's usually just plugged in there between WHITE ZOMBIE and BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS or whatever. You'd think if...
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GOTHIC isn't public domain. Neither is LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM or SALOME'S LAST DANCE, all directed by Ken "Madman" Russell and released by Vestron, who sold their assets to LIVE, who sold to Artisan,...
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Treeline/Mill Creek has some 'splainin' to do!
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Here's what is on the Mill Creek Chilling Classics DVD set: THE ALPHA INCIDENT (1978), BAD TASTE (1987), BELL FROM HELL (1973), THE BLANCHEVILLE MONSTER (1963), BLOODY BROOD (1959), A BUCKET OF BLOOD...
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Every so often a title will get picked up by a company that specializes in PD titles when it actually isn't actually in PD. (GoodTimes had this happen a couple of times, and had to drop the title in...
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I would hazard a guess that these PD companies are confident that the foreign copyright owner`s of these films aren`t going to bother bringing a lawsuit against them.
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We're having a similar discussion over in the DVD folder under "The Definitive Missing on DVD" thread. I would hazard a guess that these PD companies are confident that the foreign copyright owner`s...
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