cbs owns the rights to amos and andy.
cbs owns the rights to amos and andy.
who owns the rights to amos and andy?
cbs
although the characters of amos and andy themselves are in the public domain, as well as the show's trademarks, title, format, basic premise and all materials created prior to 1948 (silverman vs cbs, 870 f.2d 40), the television series itself is protected by copyright. cbs bought out gosden & correll's ownership of the program and characters in 1948 and the courts decided in the silverman ruling that all post-1948 "amos 'n' andy" material was protected. all "amos 'n' andy" material created prior to 1948, such as episodes of the old radio show, are in the public domain. at one time it was said that there had been no official home video releases of "amos 'n' andy"; all were unlicensed bootleg private creations. in 1998, cbs initiated copyright infringement suits against three companies selling the videos and issued a cease and desist order to a national mail-order outfit that had offered various episodes on videocassettes via late-night tv ads during the late 1990s. however, as of june, 2018, "amos 'n' andy" is sold by amazon suggesting that legal dvds may be available in 2018.
amos 'n' andy
bullet::::- rich samuels' broadcasting in chicago: 1921-1989









































bullet::::- "amos 'n' andy" history of the 1950s tv show









































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bullet::::- amos 'n' andy discuss the presidential election









































bullet::::- amos & andy show on way back when









































bullet::::- archive.org "old time radio – amos 'n' andy"









































bullet::::- otr fans: "amos and andy" (23 episodes)









































bullet::::- amos 'n' andy – otr – old time radio (108 episodes)









































bullet::::- otr network library: "amos 'n' andy" (219 episodes)









































bullet::::- tom heathwood interviews broadcast historian elizabeth mcleod









































bullet::::- amos n andy at outlaws old time radio corner
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