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1946, THE HOLIDAY CLASSIC "IT'S
A WONDERFUL LIFE."
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A
SEQUEL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT SO SURE.
PRODUCERS SAY YES., ON THE OTHER
HAND, SAYS NO WAY.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
WE ARE JOINED BY ERIC DAVIS FROM
ANANGO AND DOMINIC,
ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER.
THERE IS A HUGE ISSUE HERE ABOUT
RIGHTS.
CAN YOU CREATE A SEQUEL?
WHO OWNS RIGHTS HE? AND NEEDS TO
BE COMPENSATED?
, THECTS THE ORIGINAL STORY
GREATEST GIFT, WRITTEN IN
NOVEMBER 1939 AND THEY HAD A
PROBLEM ARE ORIGINALLY
PUBLISHING IT.
IT WAS ONLY UNTIL 1944 THAT HE
ACTUALLY GOT A STUDIO
INTERESTED.
IT MEANT TO BE A VEHICLE FOR
CARY GRANT AND THEY CAME UP WITH
THREE DIFFERENT SCRIPT AND NONE
OF THEM SEEMED TO WORK.
HE WENT ON TO MAKE ANOTHER
CHRISTMAS TALE.
TO REGISTER THE
COPYRIGHT.
IN 1970 FORD FELL INTO THE
PUBLIC DOMAIN WHICH MEANT ANYONE
COULD EXHIBIT IT AND THAT'S
WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.
BETWEEN 1974-1993 BEFORE THE
REPUBLICAN REASSERTED ITS RIGHTS
WAS OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN.
ANYONECOULD EXHIBIT IT.
COULD SHOW IT.
>> ANYONE COULD SHOW IT ON TV?
>> CORRECT UNTIL THEY REALIZE
THAT THEY STILL OWNED -- AND
THIS IS WHERE THE STORY COMES
FROM -- THEY OWNED THE
UNDERLYING COPYRIGHT TO THE
STORY ON WHICH THE FILM WAS
BASED.
THEY RECAPTURED IT BY MAKING TWO
ARGUMENTS.
THEY HAD THE UNDERLYING STORY
RIGHTS PLUS THEY PURCHASED THE
RIGHTS AND YOU KNOW THE MUSIC IS
INTEGRAL TO THE FILM.
THE OWNERSHIP, BY ASSERTING, IN
A RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION
INVOLVING "REAR
HOWEVER THE 2008 VERSION, BUT IF
YOU WERE TO JUST UPDATED?
>> THEY DID ACQUIRE FROM
REPUBLIC.
>> BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS WE WENT
THROUGH, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY
WERE GOING THROUGH THEN, YOU
COULD TELL THAT STORY.
>> THERE IS NO APPARENT SUPPORT
FROM PARAMOUNT, THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, KAPKA'S FAMILY.
A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE REST
OF THE STORY.
THEY WANT TO SHOW THE STORY OF
MADE PEOPLE'SW HE
LIFE WORSE, NOT BETTER.
>> THAT IS SUCH A WEIRD TITLE.