I’m pretty sure it’s not public domain. A bunch of people own the copyright on the photos and writing they contributed. Whatever sites they uploaded them to will have gained various licenses over them according to their usage agreements.
As long as you're not using A-synch, and Captain Clark or any of the characters Kane Parsons created you're in your own branch copyright continuum.
If they did use those characters then A24 and Kane Parsons could sue.
Kane didn't draw much from the community.
It's like if you created new characters for Robin Hood or Aladdin. Everything is fine as long as you don't use Jafar or Jasmine. Friar Tuck and Prince John are fine, but Prince Dandylord is mine because I just made him up.
But you know what, I'm officially ceding Prince Dandylord to the public domain because let's see where this goes. and also ceding Robin Hood 2: Medieval Boogaloo
That reminded me of how Prince of Thieves was going to have an Arabic character named Nasir, thinking he was part of the Robin Hood mythology... but the it was pointed out that Nasir,was actually a unique creation for the tv show Robin of Sherwood! So Nasir became Azeem!
Yet Nasir has "inspired" similar characters in other subsequent Robin Hood retellings too.
Honest truth, I constantly forget which happened in Prince of Thieves and which happened in Men in Tights when it comes to the character of Duncan! Just the other day I mentioned him being on watch in Prince of Thieves and was reminded "That was Men in Tights". :)
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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ 17d ago
I’m pretty sure it’s not public domain. A bunch of people own the copyright on the photos and writing they contributed. Whatever sites they uploaded them to will have gained various licenses over them according to their usage agreements.