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[dvd-discuss] Dastar v 20th Century Fox
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- Subject: [dvd-discuss] Dastar v 20th Century Fox
- From: Jeremy Erwin <jerwin(at)ponymail.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 08:43:02 -0400
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Good news... The Supremes have recently struck a blow against large
media groups who might have been planning to use trademarks to thwart
the exploitaion of newly public domain material. The case Dastar Corp.
v. 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 02-428, concerned the lifting of
material from a WWII documentary that had lapsed into the Public
Domain, and reincorporation into a new video which did not cite the
original film.
http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/06/02/fox_video_game/index.html
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02pdf/02-428.pdf
Jeremy