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"In brief: back in 2006, Warner Bros. sued vintage/nostalgia merchandise
company AVELA, which had obtained restored images from old promotional posters
for the films and was selling them for T-shirts and other products. Nobody
disputed that these specific images were in the public domain, because the
promo materials had not been registered for copyright even though the films
were — but Warner claimed that the images nevertheless infringed on the
copyright in the
characters established by the film."
More stupid intellectual property law, because Hollywood must always be
pandered to.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
