betty boop copyright?

Question

does anybody know who has the copyright for betty boop?

Answer 1

went looking this up.. cause I could not remember... and it is such a good question! here is what I found at wikipedia for ownership.... there is so much more info though too:

it appears that though someone owns "trademark" there are "public domain" toons of her... so maybe her copyright is up and done?
see below for anything further.

Ownership of the Boop cartoons has changed hands over the intervening decades due to a series of corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (mainly involving Republic Pictures and the 2006 corporate split of parent company Viacom into two separate companies). As of 2006, Lions Gate Home Entertainment (under license from Republic) holds home video rights, and CBS Paramount Television handles television distribution, while, ironically, original distributor Paramount handles theatrical distribution, although any sort of rerelease has yet to be announced. Also, the Betty Boop character and trademark is currently owned by King Features Syndicate and Fleischer Studios.

The Betty Boop series continues to be a favorite of many critics, and the 1933 Betty Boop cartoon Snow White (not to be confused with Disney's 1937 film Snow White) was selected for preservation by the U.S. Library of Congress in the National Film Registry in 1994. Betty Boop's popularity persists as well, and references to the character appear in such wide-ranging places as the comic strip Doonesbury, where the character B.D.'s busty girlfriend/wife is named "Boopsie", and the animated reality TV spoof Drawn Together, where Betty is the inspiration for Toot Braunstein. A Betty Boop musical is due to be produced on Broadway, with music by Andrew Lippa. Betty has her own themed shops at the Universal Orlando Resort: One at Islands of Adventure's Toon Lagoon (which features many King Features Syndicate cartoons) and one at the adjacent Universal Studios Florida theme park. She also makes cameo appearances as a walkaround character to sign autographs, usually nearby the store. There are currently twenty-two public domain Betty Boop cartoons in the available at the Internet Archive.



here's a link to her page:

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

thanks for the op to share! :)

found another site (a few really) seems the King and Fleisher studios own Betty Boop, gonna have to go with they hold copyright on her too.... linkto her official site:

http://www.bettyboop.com/forums/index.php

Answer 2

Fleischer Studios, Inc. 10160 Cielo Drive Beverly Hills CALIFORNIA 90210

Answer 3

King Features, they also hold Popeye
I work with Universal Studios who has permission to use her likeness with King Features info.