When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works
The IPKat
APRIL 8, 2022
The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works. The report goes that Grau's inspiration for the movie came from hearing stories about vampires from local farmers in Serbia, this while he was serving in the German army in 1916.
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