CBP deportation ad ‘There’s no place like home.’

They could do one for the holidays using “I’ll be home for Christmas”.

How soon before Warner Brothers is asking to take it down using the Wizard of Oz in this context without permission?

But since this is the government using it, I doubt the government gives two fricks about using it, which I like.

Fun fact, the Wizard of Oz original movie was released in 1939 and the copyright on it runs until 2035. MGM released the movie but Warner Brothers acquired the rights to the film over the years. As far as the original Frank Baum books, their copyrights have expired. The same is true for the original silent 1910 film adaptation of the Wizard of Oz.

Other book adaptations are in various copyright statuses depending on when they were released.

Within production staffs there is always a legal team and one of the first things they review are usage rights.

Its why you hear these liberal musicians "demand" Trump stop using their music......when they know fully well they have sold the rights to their music and Trump production staff has bought the right to use the song/songs.

Im certain its the same with these type commercials.

Great story on the ruby red slippers.

Five known pairs. One fella bought many many years ago several of the props when the studio was selling off the set. He then did this road show where he would take the slippers, scarecrow and lion things, etc, to schools and tell a little lesson. Made quite a comfortable life.

Judy Garland museum had some anniversary and wanted to borrow them, he lent them......and they were stolen. Over a dozen years pass, and some guy is drunk in a bar lamenting he had the slippers but could not prove provenance so he could not sell them. Bartender calls FBI, they retrieve the shoes and take them to the Smithsonian for their expert to prove provenance.

Woman takes one look and says, thats the missing pair. She said see these sequins here and here, seven of them, they dont match the color. Remember it was a black and white film so the color could be close, didnt have to match. During filming some fell off so they just went to the closest store, bought some and glued them on.

But here is the real tell. and she put them heel to toe......and they were not the same size. She said we have the other two here at the Smithsonian, its why we never display them side by side. We have one of his and he has one of ours. They made a smaller pair for dancing on the yellow brick road because they kept slipping off her feet.

The guy collected insurance at the time, a 100K or so. When they found them 13 years later, the insurance company now owned them. One pair sold recently for 28 million, the fella cant buy his own shoes back now. I dont know if he ever got it resolved or not.

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I moved here from New Orleans, easiest transition imaginable. Lots of oil and gas, corrupt govt, lots of crime, and carnival is huge. It was like crossing the street

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Perfect comparison! What is the upside? I'm guessing cheaper, but I would think many things would be more expensive on an island nation. What do the locals do during hurricanes? Do they loot the local Barnes and Nobles like the N.O. residents?