Talk:The Satanic Rites of Dracula

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[edit] Is this film in Public Domain in the US?

Does anyone know whether this film is public domain? Someone at the public domain internet database is saying that this and some other hammer horror movies have lapsed into public domain, but although not active, it seems that the hammer studio still exists as an entity. Did hammer let this film lapse into public domain or is it just not enforcing its copyright?

Thanks for any help.

As far as I can tell this film is NOT in the public domain. All British films from the 1970s are still in copyright by default, unless the owner says that they have given up that copyright.

The US has to respect British copyright (and Britain has to respect US copyright) due to various trade treaties, that's why films say at the end "protected by law in the US and other countries" or words to that effect. I very much doubt Hammer would give up that copyright because they still exist and make their money from selling their back catalogue of films on DVD. They would have no reason to ever give up copyright on part of that back catalogue, especially a movie featuring their most famous star Christopher Lee.

My best guess about those $1 DVDs in the USA is that Hammer simply didn't know about them because their core market is the UK. As far as I know Hammer is much less well known in America than it is in Britain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.146.46.247 (talk) 22:02, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Father and son

Contrary to popular belief. This was not actually the last time Lee played the role of Dracula. He did one more time in the French comedy Dracula father and son (1976).

But this would be the last Hammer film where he played Dracula, right? Is that worth noting in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.29.33.12 (talk) 19:48, 15 November 2007 (UTC)