Welcome to my blog post that is for my Advanced Law class, so this really has nothing to do with whom, what, where, or why my film is still not being funded by any rich people. So, on to the assignment that's supposed to involve my industry and my industry being film. So, I guess back in the day there's this company named Doubleday back in the 70's wrote a book on WW2 and granted exclusive rights to the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp, basically saying only they can use the books content. So, they made a WW2 television show and I guess it was great... shit if I know I wasn't even born yet! So, I guess there's a time limit on a copyrights cause Doubleday renewed there shit, but Fox on the other hand didn't, so the rights for the television show where left in the public domain. (Click the link if you don't understand!) 1988 came and Fox bought the rights to television show and in 1995 this company called Dastar released a video set from the original footage from the television show that Fox did. Anyways Fox filled suit and under the Lanham Act claiming that Dastar was "reverse passing off". (Yeah I had to look that up too) So, Fox won and I hope that's what you wanted teach and if you know anyone who has a million laying around willing to invest, tell him about my film.
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Kevin Out!
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