P3D Re: Public Domain

[vmacek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Vincent G. Macek)]

Bob Weir wrote:

>>Did you know that Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" was in the public Domain?
>>(Ted Turner got involved, colorized it and I think the exact disposition of
>>the rights of the film are being batteled, though - it might have changed)

>I understand that it being in the public domain was one of the reasons
>that you'd see it 50 times during Christmas - it was free! As far as
>I'm concerned, if it gets buried in the film vaults pending copyright
>litigation for the next 100 years, it's too short!

But of course, NBC got exclusive rights to it now, and it's shown once,
maybe twice during the season, mounted up all precious like a Faberge egg.
I liked it better when it was running on 4 channels simultaneously and you
could do clicker-editing and stage your own version.  Mine always ended
with Bailey and Clarence getting tossed out of Sheldon Leonard's bar.

Don't mean to go off-topic...maybe if two stations ran 'em with a 1/2
second lag you could fast-click between them and get a stereo thing going,
if you alternately blink eyes.

Vince Macek (my eyes hurt just contemplating that)



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