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All right. This is my final say on the matter. The person my partner spoke to in 2010 was a vice president at Sony. I'm not repeating his name. This rights problem at the time had to do with Sony. It had nothing to do with anything in the past with Columbia/Screen Gems, Colex or whoever. This is...

This is a fantastic article. All I'm repeating is what Les told me. It may be in the interview I did with him. We met many times and I would ask him about anything and he was very open and 'with it' for his age. He made it sound like Crosby's team had a lot of problems with tape at first and it...

He was questioning if these 239 episodes that were, and still are, licensed to The Antenna Network along with several other Sony series that were unedited, going to be restored to full length. The answer from the rep was, "No. Why should we bother restoring Burns and Allen? They're public domain...

Hey everybody. As far The Burns And Allen Show and Sony, that information about copyright renewal came from a Sony Corp spokesperson in Los Angeles in 2010 to a colleague of mine in the media. He was questioning if these 239 episodes that were, and still are, licensed to The Amte

As far as the Benny shows filmed in Europe in 1956, all are, and have been since 1966, in the MCA syndication package. Unedited, except for the Lucky Strike commercials, they are run on The Antena Network. Benny did not appear in those spots. They were for the most part created by the ad agency...

This is very involved looking back 65 years to the standards used in broadcasting compared to the 21st century. These people came out of the world of network radio. Everything was live on radio. Programs were re-staged three hours later for the west coast. CBS and NBC vetoed any recorded shows...

Those VHS sets released in the 1980s were part of the old Columbia Pictures Home Video organization. That ended in 1989 when Sony purchased Columbia, Screen Gems and their entire catalog. The copyright lapse was on Sony's watch in the 1990s and beyond. It just wasn't a priority at Sony so they...

I knew Ron Burns and also spoke with people involved with Sony around 2010 about all this. None of these live 1950-52 broadcasts were ever copyrighted. Jackie Gleason was one of the few television stars who did renew full rights. That's why it was easy for Gleason to market his "Lost Episodes"...