This is a pirate site trying to justify itself. There is no such thing as
collector to collector sales, it is a bootleg
As for this film specifically because of the GATT treaty basically nothing
made in France or other European countries as well as many others is PD
unless in the very,very rare
I am not a copyright lawyer, but I am French-educated.
For a French production you are dealing with the question of the rights of
the author (for motion pictures in France, typically at least whoever wrote
the screenplay). Laroche died in 1962-- and Sartre in 1980, so I would say
it is
I should point out that the GATT treaty did not effect films made before
1923 so as in the US any film made through 1922 is PD but the specific
version ( copy) of the film my be under copyright thus CABINET OF DR.
CALIGARI is PD but not the Kino blu ray.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Jessica
