It's a Wonderful Life
Intellectual Property | December 27, 2002 09:29 AM
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Every year around X-mas time I'm sure to mention the story about how It's a Wonderful Life became a holiday classic due to a snafu with copyright law. Earlier this week, NPR reported on this very story:
NPR's Rick Karr reports on how a 1946 box office flop became so ubiquitous on television this time of year. It's a Wonderful Life is a sentimental favorite... in part because of Jimmy Stewart, but also because no one ever bothered to file the papers to extend the copyright on the movie. [NPR Morning Edition]
NPR also aired a Motley Fool Radio Show about the movie.
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I love that movie, but laugh at how much it's been woven into the holdiay fabric. It has very little if anything to do with Christmas.
Posted by Dan Isaacs at December 30, 2002 08:45 AM