Talk:The Flintstones

Tidbit

The Flintstones live at 342 Gravelpit Terrace. I'm not sure if that little tidbit is worth adding to the article, though. — Loadmaster (talk) 01:44, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed revival

The infobox is no place to include information about the proposed (and as yet unproduced) Fox revival series. If the series is even made - the article itself says it's been postponed indefinitely so it was way premature to include anything in the infobox anyway - the series will get its own separate article. I have sliced out all the inappropriate material from the Infobox. 70.72.215.252 (talk) 14:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

(Archive) Is earlier episodes of The Flintstones in public domin?

• I copy the dicussion from Wikipedia:Reference desk, because it may be useful. --王小朋友 (talk) 03:43, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Is erlier episodes of The Flintstones in public domin?--王小朋友 (talk) 11:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

No, though the precise date at which they would enter (if ever) varies depending on exactly how the work is classified. For example, if considered as work for hire and without other mitigating factors, episodes would begin entering the public domain in 2055. — Lomn 13:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

My theory is that the OP is asking because the early, pre-1964 episodes would have had to have had their copyrights actively renewed to still be in copyright.[1] But it's very hard to research renewals with much assurance — you usually hire a lawyer for this sort of thing unless it is very obvious. I don't know how serialized television show episodes are handled, for example, or whether the fact that sound recordings are handled differently matters. --Mr.98 (talk) 13:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Google Books may have the list. [2] Does it mean that it is renewed? --王小朋友 (talk) 14:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Cartoons fall under US Trademark law, which means that they do not enter the public domain as long as they remain an active trademark. The earliest case I can think of that recognizes this is Fisher v. Star 231 NY 414 (1921).[3] Gx872op (talk) 15:19, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

That's not strictly true -- the Fleischer Superman cartoons are widely recognized as being in the public domain now... AnonMoos (talk) 17:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree, I don't think that's right at all. Trademark and copyright law are quite different in any case. The Superman cartoons are a good example of this — the character of Superman is still covered by trademark law, but that doesn't mean copyright law still extends over the original cartoons. It just changes what you can do with them. The issue of trademarks and copyrights when applied to cartoons is complicated, as this legal paper discusses. Again, I wouldn't try to make sense of this sort of thing without consulting an actual lawyer. --Mr.98 (talk) 20:13, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Several Bugs Bunny cartoons are widely considered to be in the public domain, even though the character isn't, because nobody renewed copyright on them. Lots of companies have used non-renewed cartoons such as Falling Hare in VHS and DVD releases, apparently without royalty, so it would seem that their copyright lawyers have judged it safe to consider them PD. Nyttend (talk) 16:37, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Picture

In the ro:Familia Flintstone is a very nice picture, Flintstone-family.jpg, unfortunately not available on Commons.

File:Flintstone-family.jpg

not there

I am not an expert om fixing that, but it would be nice to have it here. Hafspajen (talk) 11:51, 10 May 2013 (UTC).

Fred and Wilma in the car

character ages

is there any references to cite the charter's ages tbh fred flintstone doesnt look 29 he looks like hes in his late 30's it looks like original research. 86.3.137.58 (talk) 21:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)