Talk:The Klansman

Largely unknown in 74?

I have changed the text stating that OJ was largely unknown in 1974, he was an established football star by then. Joaq99 03:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Public Domain?

Seing that it's downloadable via the Internt Archive, an account of how a major Hollywood release with an A-list cast came to be in PD seems worthy of inclusion if someone knows a good way to research this. Bustter (talk) 04:50, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

See discussion per Talk:List of films in the public domain in the United States#The Klansman. Answer is probably still in copyright, it is based on a copyright book (published 1967) and as such the film is a multi-layer work and still protected (see linked discussion and related discussion for It's a Wonderful Life). Some PD distributions believe the abridged TV version is in the PD because the TV version was released without a proper copyright notice, but that is a weak argument given that it's based on a copyright book. PD distributors have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later using whatever rationales for claiming PD status. In the end only a judge can decide, but I suspect Paramount isn't too concerned with a low quality abridged pirate version floating around. -- GreenC 16:28, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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