JasonPW
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I have some questions about "The Lucy Show" for whomever thinks they have answers. I know there are studio employees and similar types on these boards who know more about the subject than I do.
1. Is the entire series "The Lucy Show" in the public domain? If not, why are certain episodes in the PD and certain are not? I'm seeing TONS of these on DVD...I used to think I understood the concept of public domain but that's gone out the window in recent years.
2. When we say that a TV episode is in the public domain, what are we specifically referring to? If I find a 16mm film copy of a "Petticoat Junction" syndication print in a dumpster outside my local TV station, does that mean it's PD material now?
3. How on earth can a major studio like Paramount (which owns the rights to "The Lucy Show," not to mention "Andy Griffith" and other series besmirched by bad quality PD releases)let such valuable properties slip into PD? This again goes back to my fuzzy understanding of public domain. What did Paramount do (or not do) to let this happen?
4. What's to say that 10 years from now we won't see muddy-looking PD tapes and DVD's of "Happy Days" or "The Brady Bunch"?
(I'm no idiot--I know that will never happen. But WHY won't it happen? What is Paramount doing differently now?)
Okay, I'm done.
Doc
1. Is the entire series "The Lucy Show" in the public domain? If not, why are certain episodes in the PD and certain are not? I'm seeing TONS of these on DVD...I used to think I understood the concept of public domain but that's gone out the window in recent years.
2. When we say that a TV episode is in the public domain, what are we specifically referring to? If I find a 16mm film copy of a "Petticoat Junction" syndication print in a dumpster outside my local TV station, does that mean it's PD material now?
3. How on earth can a major studio like Paramount (which owns the rights to "The Lucy Show," not to mention "Andy Griffith" and other series besmirched by bad quality PD releases)let such valuable properties slip into PD? This again goes back to my fuzzy understanding of public domain. What did Paramount do (or not do) to let this happen?
4. What's to say that 10 years from now we won't see muddy-looking PD tapes and DVD's of "Happy Days" or "The Brady Bunch"?
(I'm no idiot--I know that will never happen. But WHY won't it happen? What is Paramount doing differently now?)
Okay, I'm done.
Doc