On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Trei, Peter wrote: > However, in 1993, Republic Pictures started to assert control on > the basis that the song "Buffalo Girls" (which occurs many times > throughout the film) was still in copyright. > > So, the film has effectively been removed from PD, after being in PD > for nearly two decades. It's now seen much more rarely.
Might be interesting to re-edit the film without the song. I have to wonder if that version of the film would be public domain or not. Or does the existence of some copyrighted material within the work taint it completely, even if the copyrighted material is removed? -Jack
