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A motion picture as The Alamo 70mm this was only produced on a old Laser disc many years ago and no longer sold as a new item : the quality as only that of old crt tv sets not Digital WE have restored the video quality and sound to Both Blu-ray and 4K quality and made a 3D bluray movie from it as well three seperate new products this entailed huge changes for the original but not changing the content of the original in fact just making a new product we omitted to include the trade mark that was on the original

My question is as its a new product how can we protect our restoration so as to sell it on the open market

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  • as the changes are extensive and include the final method of production from a laser that's no longer available to digital Disc surly that under Australian trade laws makes it a new product.
    – australian classic movie
    Commented Jul 1 at 1:05
  • years ago millions of VHS tapes remade colorization were sold retail and still available not one authorised by the copyright owner all sold as New products
    – australian classic movie
    Commented Jul 1 at 1:15
  • It is not a question of effort or technology, it is one of time. For very old movies, copyright has expired. For newer ones, not. For each example, consult a lawyer. If your technical work is so great, surely you have budget for that as well.
    – o.m.
    Commented Jul 1 at 4:14

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As most legislations see it, you have not produced a new product. You must have a license from the original copyright holder and your product would include information that you have the license. Then you can sue anybody who pirates your work.

You write "we have" rather than "we want to" and from your user name you seem to want to go commercial with your line of work. Your business plan really needs to budget for specialist lawyers, just as you need to budget the technical work.

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  • read "pirates your work" as "Pirates your new contribution to the work, in case the copyright has lapsed on the original". In case nothing was added, there has been no new contribution and there is nothing that could be pirated.
    – Trish
    Commented Jun 30 at 12:04
  • @Trish, The Alamo with John Wayne would still be in copyright.
    – o.m.
    Commented Jun 30 at 12:45
  • in that case it is to be read "Pirates for the remainder of the original copyright in Australia" - which would be dictated by australian copyright law, and would be 2030, as films prior to 1969 only get 70 years from publication. Only for the US it is 1960+95.
    – Trish
    Commented Jun 30 at 19:14

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