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When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works

The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2022

And, while the copyright laws were used to try to keep the film from public view, ultimately it failed, to the continuing benefit of cinematic creation. The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works. The movie had entered cinema oblivion.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask. BMG (1988). The Ghostly Trio.

When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works

13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

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