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Asked & Answered: The Wizard of Oz and the public domain.

by Gordon Firemark • January 21, 2012 • 2 Comments

An anonymous viewer asks whether the producers of “Oz: The Great and Powerful”, scheduled for release in 2012 needed to make an arrangement with the copyright holders for “The Wizard of Oz”, or whether a loosely based “homage” can be done without copyright clearance

 

My Answer:

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2 Responses to Asked & Answered: The Wizard of Oz and the public domain.

  1. Gordon Firemark says:
    January 24, 2012 at 11:55 am

    My friend Peter Xifo pointed out an error in my statement. It was MGM, not Warner Bros. that produced The Wizard of Oz. My bad. Don’t know what I was thinking.

    Thanks Pete!

  2. James Russell says:
    January 21, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Thanks Mr. Firemark. Great question and, as always, a clear and concise answer.

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