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Ok if a film has no copyright and/or has fallen in to public domain (like Night Of The Living Dead) does that mean that some one could make a word for word/ shot for shot remake or parody and not have to get permission?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ."Night of the Living Dead" has lapsed into the public domain due to a technicality. The original distributors didn't put the correct copyright notices on the original prints & they expired. This loophole has now been closed and now you don't need a copyright notice any more.
To answer your question, yes they could do a remake without permission. Ironically, any new version of it can be copyrighted.
To answer your question, yes they could do a remake without permission. Ironically, any new version of it can be copyrighted.