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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 2364270" data-attributes="member: 149">Just because something has passed into the public domain does not mean that it is available to the public. If someone has the only copies of a movie and they choose not to either sell or license it to anyone, then nobody is getting copies of it. So given Lucas's attitude towards things, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for decent quality copies of the original versions being around for it to pass into the public domain. Plus, I suspect that public rights to copyrighted material will be severely restricted or eliminated over the next 70 odd years as the ability to re-use and salvage material from old films increases in practicality and value. It isn't going to be too much longer before you will get dead actors cast in new movies using digital technology to create new performances or recast old ones.</blockquote>