Category "copyright"

Rights to "Gotham" and Batman after Fox's proposed sale?

According to the Wikipedia Gotham is an American crime drama television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters published by DC Comics and app

What are the copyright laws for cartoons such as The Ultimate Spiderman

After Disney (Marvel) bought Fox I asked a question on whether Marvel own the rights to certain DC characters and someone posted this picture to represent all t

What properties did Disney buy from 21st Century Fox?

Disney bought some 21st Century Fox properties, which is quite hyped in the news all around and attracting jokes like these: Making fun of Xenomorph daughter

Did Spaceballs have to get permission for Pizza the Hutt

As I am sure you know, Spaceballs features the character Pizza the Hutt, whose name seems to be obviously derived from the company Pizza Hut. Given that "Pizza

What is it called when a DVD or Blu-Ray fragments titles to obfuscate the disk?

I read a primer on copy protection schemes, but it did not mention the scheme I find most commonly, which is to divide the movie into many fragmentary "titles"

Is it illegal to make a video jukebox? [closed]

I want to put my DVDs on a NAS so I can have a video jukebox and play movies without having to set up a hardware player and stick the disk in.

Who has filming rights for Squirrel Girl?

Squirrel Girl is a very popular Marvel comics character, but I never heard about any live action adaptation in any development. She was considered a mutant too

How is copyright handled when Family Guy reused old footage?

In some episodes of Family Guy, clips from old movies and series are used for joke sake. The most famous examples are the clips from Conway Twitty songs (in one

Does Disney now own Howard the Duck, and why?

Howard the Duck is considered one of the worst films of all time. It was based on a Marvel Comics character, made into a movie by George Lucas in 1986. The mo

WB suing 21st Century Fox for using the word "Batman" in Deadpool

In Deadpool 2, Deadpool says to Cable that he is Batman sarcastically. As Batman is a property of Warner Bros., why didn't they sue 21st Century Fox for using t

Copyright of name in movies

There are many movies that take original Lord of the Rings characters. Such as human, orcs, and elves. One of these movies is Bright with Will Smith To make s

Why did the film "Yesterday" not feature any music written or sung by Ringo?

In the film "Yesterday", Jack Malik does a reasonable job of singing many Beatles songs, even altering his voice to match the original singer. But surprisingly

Do the Simpsons have to pay copyright?

I can recall an episode of The Simpsons in which Bart and the bullies go to a bully meeting. In this meeting one that seems to be the boss starts a speach but i

Did the real Stillwater ever have a problem with Almost Famous using their name?

In the movie Almost Famous (2000), the band Stillwater was supposedly an amalgamation of Poco, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin and a few other bands that Cameron Crowe

Can a specific shooting style be patented?

I was watching one of my childhood cartoons and realized one of the scenes was directly uplifted from Matrix. What I wonder about is. Can movies get sued becau

Who owns The Lone Ranger these days?

News has it that Universal Studios is working on the next Green Hornet reboot, The Green Hornet and Kato. What about Britt Reid's great uncle, the Lone Ranger?

What's the deal with the Hellboy film rights?

The first Hellboy movie by Guillermo del Toro had the same production company as the second, Revolution Studios -- they had just been distributed by different p

Was a deal needed with Fox to use Evan Peters?

In WandaVision, Evan Peters is cast as a version of Wanda's brother Pietro, aka Peter, aka Quicksilver. The Quicksilver in the X-Men movies is generally conside

Tierra y Libertad attribution to Orwell, and films based on books in general

Tierra y Libertad (Land and Freedom) by Ken Loach (1995) tells a story of a British volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. For anyone who read George Orwell's Homa

Why are all good movies restricted in Egypt? [closed]

Starting from youtube movies to other websites like crackle, all of them are restricted in Egyp. I provided some screenshots as examples but a