Oh- yes - I had forgotten about "It's a Wonderful Life" - that may be the classic example.
That said, I like Jessica's take on the question too. We were talking about music, and there are so many rich examples - the Supreme Court case with 2 Live Crew, the Biz Markie case, George Harrison's accidental copying, etc that have ended up in court that make for interesting examples. I was trying to think of good examples, and I could only come up with Eyes on the Prize, but I was sure there were others I was missing, particularly outside of documentaries. Certainly, the issues with documentaries, such as the Happy Birthday song and other licensing issues (nightmares?) are present too, but I did want to think about Hollywood films as well. The Porgy & Bess case sounds worth looking into. Friendly regards, Allen Reichert Electronic Access Librarian Otterbein University On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Jessica Rosner <[email protected]>wrote: > A key example of a film that was long considered PD but later protected > by underlying rights. There are lots of those and then of course you have > literally tens of thousands of mostly European films retroactively > copyrighted by GATT. I was thinking more in terms of films that had > particularly complex or onerous copyright issues. > > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Michael May <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Would “It’s a Wonderful Life” be a good example of a well-known film >> with copyright issues? >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Wonderful_Life#Release**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Michael May**** >> >> Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque**** >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rosen, Rhonda >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:56 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Movies that faced the most copyright issues**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I was thinking of controversy….**** >> >> R**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Jessica Rosner >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:41 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Movies that faced the most copyright issues**** >> >> ** ** >> >> BIRTH has faced only one copyright problem that I know of. Many years ago >> the evil Raymond Rohauer using his usual ruse of getting people who never >> owned rights to sign them over to me, claimed the rights and took Killiam >> Shows to court over it. He lost. As we have gone over before different >> versions of Birth are copyrighted basically by the music tracks of course >> now any film made up to 1923 is public domain though specific VERSIONS of >> it can be under copyright. >> >> Now trying to screen BIRTH can cause issues but not related to copyright. >> **** >> >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Rosen, Rhonda <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> How about “Birth of a Nation……”**** >> >> **** >> >> Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media & Access Services >> William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University >> One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 >> [email protected]| 310/338-4584| >> http://library.lmu.edu**** >> >> "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where >> people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of >> employing wild animals as librarians." >> *--Monty Python***** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Reichert, Allen >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:21 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [Videolib] Movies that faced the most copyright issues**** >> >> **** >> >> Hi all,**** >> >> **** >> >> I don't think this has one clear answer, but I had a student ask what >> movies has faced the most copyright issues? My initial thought is *Eyes >> on the Prize*. Would any of you have others that have faced more, or >> perhaps more difficult issues? And, outside of documentaries, what about >> feature films?**** >> >> **** >> >> Thanks, as always,**** >> >> Allen Reichert**** >> >> Electronic Access Librarian**** >> >> Otterbein University**** >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as >> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. 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