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Alan, Often, the "copyright" for a movie is very, well, let's say, complicated. There could easily be separate copyrights for: *The original story/script *The screenplay (which may be considered a derivative work?) *The sound recording *The video image *Any pre-existing material CONTAINED...

A couple of quick things. I work for a copyright management company in Indiana. We deal with copyrighted songs primarily, but I believe the same rules apply to all copyrights. The copyright term was extended by 20 years in 1998 (The Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Law). So, for works that...