Maybe it's because I have a headache

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But doesn't this kinda invalidate this ?

EDIT: Not if the "original" aspects of the movie were stolen. Still, I would think the ABC article might at least mention the original short story.

In related news: "Speed racer" is a riot of colour, and I mean "riot" in the "violent smashing things" sense. Ow.

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There's always enough copyright to include 1928 because that's when Mickey Mouse was created.

Currently the Sonny Bono act extended copyright another 20 years, to 70 years after authors death, or 120 years for corporate ownership. This currently makes anything from 1923 on copyright, so long as a legitimate copyright existed in 1998 when the act was created.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act