Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24743080-20140731221823/@comment-1916997-20140803033154

Anubis16 wrote: Who owns the rights to Narnia, I was going to say that they could just ask C.S. Lewis for the rights to adapt Narnia on the show, but I found out he's dead now, so that is not a possiblity. Do any of his family members own Narnia or something, I must say I'm suprised Disney didn't make an animated movie based on the Narnia books All IPs (Intelecual Properties) are either in public domain, or owned by the creator, their estate, or someone who bought the rights. Narnia should still be owned by someone as it's newer (compaired to most of the other things on Once). However, even if something is owned, it can still be used under laws of creative commons or parody in some situations. In a show like Once it can also be used, but it would need to be approved by the creator, their estate, or the owner who paid for it. Usually, unless said party is extremely generous, they are going to want you to pay them to use it. So it's not a matter of can Adam and Eddy get the rights, it's a matter of how much is ABC (ie Disney) willing to pay to get Adam and Eddy the rights.