Feb 28, 2020 14:00:00

The zombie movie became very popular due to `` copyright management mistake ''

by

Daniel Hollister

The American horror movie `` Night of the Living Dead '' released in 1968 is considered to be the work where the well-known `` Zombie '' has appeared for the first time, and many `` Zombie movies '' followers after release Has had an impact on the movie world. Meanwhile, Internet archives have pointed out that the cause of the popularity of zombie movies with the appearance of a large number of followers was ' error in copyright management '.

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According to an internet archive, zombies were originally a monster that appeared in Haitian folklore in the 19th century, and in that tradition it was a 'corpse (or a living person) enslaved by a powerful magician.' However, George Romero created a `` zombie '' that is completely different from the tradition of `` moving slowly '', `` attacking people for human flesh '', `` becoming a zombie when bitten '', and `` Night of the Living Dead '. In addition, the word zombie was not used in the work, and Romero called the monster he created 'Ghoul'.

After that, following the great popularity of 'Night of the Living Dead', many works that followed the setting of the zombie created by Romero as it was appeared. The series has become known as 'zombie movies'. 'The Walking Dead ', ' Batarian ', and ' World War Z ' are also works that follow the flow of zombie movies, and the ' Resident Evil ' series is famous as a game.

Internet archives claim that the reason that zombie films have become so popular is 'mismanaged copyrights.' `` Night of the Living Dead '' was titled `` Night of the Flesh Eaters '' at the time of production, but since the horror movie `` Flesh Eaters '' already existed , the circumstances that modified the movie title There is. At that time, the copyright mark was accidentally deleted.

'Night of the Living Dead', whose copyright mark was removed by the copyright law of the United States at that time, was immediately treated as the public domain . This means that you are not only allowed to copy, share and redistribute this work freely, but also to remix, create secondary works and borrow content. The Internet Archive explained that being made public, 'Night of the Living Dead' became a work that creators could borrow with peace of mind and quickly gained popularity through American pop culture.

'The Night of the Living Dead is a great example of what happens when quality work goes into the public domain,' said the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive, which continues to release web pages and software, books, movies, and recorded data from around the world free of charge, has appealed that 'Night of the Living Dead' is also available for free.

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