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Poster:	akb	Date:	Mar 17, 2006 9:02am
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Birth of a Nation, was Re: Some Movies need to be moved ...

I thought the David Shepard DVD, which is what I'm inferring you uploaded, was based on his 1993 restoration which got released on Laserdisc. It is my understanding that that version is registered under his company Film Preservation Associates.

But I really don't know. I'd be curious to hear a line of reasoning on this.

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Poster:	A/V Geek Skip	Date:	Mar 18, 2006 3:56am
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Birth of a Nation, was Re: Some Movies need to be moved ...

Sorry for the confusion.

The original film is public domain, but the musical score is definitely under copyright. I'll see if the restoration was copyrighted. There is a precedent of PD works being copyrighted - colorized versions of PD films can be copyrighted, for example.

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