Discussion for article #222896
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Bad decision. While Petrella seems to have had a valid claim against the studio, she should nonetheless either pursue her case within a reasonable time period, or forfeit her claims.
The studio re-issues these films with new copyrights to keep the copyrights fresh (as well as to rejuvenate sales, but keeping copyrights “fresh” is a driving concern as well), but claim that that doesn’t also keep the original copyright holders’ rights fresh?
Sorry, but you (studios) are playing the system. If you play the system, you have to be ready to be bitten hard by technicalities.
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Uhh, I might be wrong but I think the proper legal term for “unreasonable delay” is “laches”.