Re: It's A Wonderful Life: Copyright status

• Cumbow, Robert (RCumbow[_at_]GrahamDunn.com) [001025 21:29]:

> rules as movie copyrights. It just so happens that in the case of "It's a
> Wonderful Life" the two got out of synch because
> (a) they had separate ownership, and (b) both of those copyrights were under
> the 1909 copyright act, which required both registration and renewal in
> order to keep works protected by copyright.

Haven't been following this too closely. Robert, what is the significance of (b)? Did the copyright holder of the film (not the movie) fail to renew its copyright?

Or is the real issue work for hire / work not for hire?

Was work for hire an issue in the 1090 Copyright Act?

cheers,

ehm

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