Re: Loss of Amos and Andy copyright?

From: James Rogers <jetan[_at_]ionet.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 09:46:52 -0500 (CDT)

On 4/24/98, Lee Hamovitz <ldh[_at_]loop.com> wrote:

>

> The court, I believe, ruled that CBS lost rights to the characters
> because they had done nothing over the years to proclaim their rights.
> In other words, they should have actively said "we own this and
> purposely aren't using it."
>
> My question, this is all fuzzy and deep in my memory and I'm not sure
> I'm not imagining all this.

      Are you sure this wasn't a trademark case? The usual line on copyright is that it can't be abandoned or diluted, although I bet we could have an interesing discussion orking out a scenario in which rights were effectively abandoned or diluted.

                                         James

James Michael Rogers
jetan[_at_]ionet.net Received on Sat Apr 25 1998 - 14:46:07 GMT