[tchalla]

Tom and Jerry is one of my favorite cartoons and I still watch them once in a while.

> When their department was closed down in 1957, Hanna and Barbera set up their own production company.

> But only a few years later, MGM decided to revive Tom and Jerry without its original creators. In 1961 they outsourced to a studio in Prague to save on costs. Chicago-born animator Gene Deitch was tasked with heading the remake, but struggled with a tight budget and staff with no knowledge of the original.

> His studio also secretly made episodes of other cartoons, including Popeye. Czech names were Americanised on the credits to stop viewers associating the shows with Communism.

So much in here. I hope we also remember these instances when we talk about copyright, trademark or stealing IP.

[egypturnash]

The stuff Deitch did in Prague was all above-board with respect to IP ownership. The secret was just that it was made in Czechoslovakia instead of the US.