I have no idea on how copyright laws work. Sorry. But I am interested to see what you learn...
I can imagine the rights to the character Conan are about as mangled as possible, with all it manifestations in all the media (and everybody claiming some piece of him...). A scandal really. Pax Vobiscum Steve Ghilardi PS: Good luck with the script... a fine story. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyrin Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "REHFans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 5:10 PM Subject: [rehfans] The People of the Black Circle and Copyrights > According to information in Paul Herman's "ANOTHER THOUGHT #4" the REH > tale "The People of the Black Circle" is in the public domain. Though I > am not a person of significance, I have decided to learn the ins and > outs of screenplay writing to adapt TPOTBC -- just to please myself. > This project has little chance of actually becoming a feature film, but > I can dream, right? :-) > > With TPOTBC in the public domain it seems my project would not cause any > problems -- then I read about an organization called "Conan Properties, > International". How can they copyright REH's Conan character? Doesn't > copyright require "authorship"? Isn't their "CONAN THE BARBARIAN" a > derivative from REH? > > I have sent CPI an email asking that question just a few minutes ago, > but I am hoping someone on this list can shed some light on this > copyright issue. > > -- > > -=[Ty]=- >
