Oswald the Lucky Rabbit question

[tristar]

Last year, the Disney company obtained the rights to Oswald, but does that mean they own the rights to the Winkler Oswalds and the Lantz Oswalds too? If so, on the upcoming Woody Woodpecker and Friends v2 set, will we not see any more Lantz Oswalds?
Thank you,
Morty

[dandu]

The Lantz ones are still owned by Universal I think, so we're likely to see more Oswald on the vol 2 set of Woody Woodpecker.

[Duck Dodgers]

Last year, the Disney company obtained the rights to Oswald, but does that mean they own the rights to the Winkler Oswalds and the Lantz Oswalds too? If so, on the upcoming Woody Woodpecker and Friends v2 set, will we not see any more Lantz Oswalds?
Thank you,
Morty

Jerry announced on CartoonBrew some titles of Oswald cartoons to be on the second set of Woody.
Disney at the time being only got the rights to release the pre-Winkler and pre-Lantz cartoons, this means the cartoons Disney itself produced.

[Tom Stathes]

Disney owns the Disney-produced Oswald films and the marketing rights of the character itself. They do not own the post-Disney films, however. So in other words, those making the Woody sets can't plaster Oswald's image all over the cover but can use the films as bonus features. :rabbit:

[WoodpeckerWoody]

Cording to what Duck Dogers is saying is that

Disney product Oswalds are Disney

Lanz products Oswalds are Universals

but who owns Winklar products Oswalds?

[Cartman]

Universal owns the Winkler Oswalds, IIRC. They would legally be able to release those cartoons on one of their DVDs if they wanted.

Even though the Winkler ones weren't produced by Lantz, it would still be nice to add them as bonus features on a DVD set.

[Tom Stathes]

That's for sure, Cartman. I guess you can say they are "orphaned" Oswalds.

[rex racer]

That's for sure, Cartman. I guess you can say they are "orphaned" Oswalds.

Welll.. I've got a couple of 'em living with me, and they'd love the company of more of their siblings if they are too much for ya to handle Tom! :D

[Fibber Fox]

That's for sure, Cartman. I guess you can say they are "orphaned" Oswalds.

So do you think they're public domain, Tom?

F. Fox

[Tom Stathes]

Welll.. I've got a couple of 'em living with me, and they'd love the company of more of their siblings if they are too much for ya to handle Tom! :D
You're a feisty one, aren't you! I too am looking for more to keep my very few "orphans" company. :D Maybe someday they'll all have one big rabbit reunion.

[Tom Stathes]

So do you think they're public domain, Tom?

F. Fox
Good question! Paging Dave Gerstein...