Public Domain and Copyrighted TV Programs

  Public Domain is uncopyrighted radio and TV. Many TV programs from 1950-1960 were not copyrighted. Some were copyrighted but not renewed 28 years later. Such TV programs as Racket Squad,Medic,Public Defender,Suspense,Lights Out,Dangerous Assignment and Our Miss Brooks as well as The Life Of Riley are in the public domain. These can be distributed by anyone for any fee the market will bear. Almost all 40's and 50's radio programs are "public domain". This editor collects both public domain and copyrighted TV programming. For example Richard Boone had Medic for two seasons and it's public domain. Mr.Boone had Have Gun,Will Travel for 6 seasons and it's copyrighted. This editor has both Medic(44 episodes) and three of the six seasons of Have Gun,Will Travel. Currently I am watching the first season of Have Gun,Will Travel. The first episode had Jack Lord(Hawaii Five-O) and Janice Rule,both now deceased. The second episode had Charles Bronson,now deceased. Have Gun,Will Travel is on Encore Westerns almost daily and is available on DVD at Amazon.com. This editor missed the 50's and early 60's TV programming in B&W. I now collect both public domain and copyrighted TV programs. The biggest problem with public domain TV programs is it's not re-run in most markets.

I'm a "nostalgia guy"!!