'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' is a real, upcoming horror movie with familiar characters, but adapting them is no easy legal task.
The 1926 children's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" by author A.A. Milne entered the public domain this year, which happens 95 years after the original publication of a piece of art. That means horror movies like"Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" can now wade through some obscure legal waters to ruin your childhood memories.
In 1961, Disney acquired the rights to Milne's characters and stories, and that adaptation is not in the public domain. So, what's the difference?Other characters, like Tigger, weren't introduced until 1928, and any story that Disney created itself for its own movies or children's shows are still copyright protected.
From an artistic sense, that's why copyright laws and the public domain exist: so artists can protect their own works and then allow future artists to build upon them. "When you're using Winnie the Pooh in a branding sense, that can infringe Disney's trademark," Steinsapir said.
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