In a message dated 6/26/07 12:04:31 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Did anybody ever answer the question why some of the andy griffith shows > are > in public domain? > I didn't see it here this last time, but supposedly someone at Viacom didn't keep up with the paperwork and the calendar, and the copyrights expired on a number of episodes before anyone caught it. This affected some of the 1962-63 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" as well as a few episodes of "Petticoat Junction," "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Dixon ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

