geni wrote:
2008/10/2 Ray Saintonge :
Except for time-expired copyrights, I doubt that
the trailers are PD,
Why?
Since registration is not required, the legal presumption is that a
published work falling within statutory definitions is copyright. PD is
an absence of valid copyright, and that can be established in a number
of ways, the most important of which are very easy arguments. The
plaintiff still needs to establish a right of action, but owning the
copyright would not be enough to overcome the clear fair use claim.
Ec