> Jack Lloyd[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > 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 > The song is sung by Jimmy Stewart, on camera, so a new soundtrack would be tough.
As to the rest - I don't know. Peter
