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[Ad200120]

Hi I've just purchases frankenstien the 1931 version it did say the movie was free can anyone help me is this movie free

[mike+simmonds]

Where did you see it was free @Ad200120 ?

I believe there are conversations going on regarding some movies of this age being Royalty Free (ie - expiry of copyright) but that's quite a different thing to streaming companies charging customers for buying it from them. 

When I look on my Skystore online - I see it at £5.99

This is a link for contacting the Skystore team if you want to talk to them direct. 

https://www.skystore.com/n/hcus/help/contact-us 

[TimmyBGood]

@Ad200120 

On the contrary...

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2011/10/24/how-universal-re-copyrighted-frankensteins-monster/ 

[TimmyBGood]

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@mike+simmonds wrote:

I believe there are conversations going on regarding some movies of this age being Royalty Free (ie - expiry of copyright) but that's quite a different thing to streaming companies charging customers for buying it from them. 

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Wikipedia has a list of 'notable' films which either didn't establish or failed to renew copyright:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States 

The most famous is probably the original Night of the Living Dead where the cinema distribution didn't have a copyright notice on the celluloid prints.

[caesarome]

@Ad200120 

If you have purchased the film

that you should have been sent an email acknowledgment and it will show you what the cost was so have you looked for this ?

[mike+simmonds]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

@Ad200120 

On the contrary...

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2011/10/24/how-universal-re-copyrighted-frankensteins-monster/ 

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Well well 🙂