Depending on what version of the poem, and what illustrations you are referring to, you will find that most commercial artwork is, indeed, copyrighted. You should contact the publisher to determine your answer.
The rights of the ORIGINAL work are i now in the public domain. However, any stage, audio visual animated account is normally copywritten as its own entity and nearly always states that the story is "based" on the Works of Charles Dickens
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Disney
Yes Disney owns the rights.
The person that produced the work owns it, unless you have purchased the rights to said work from the artist.
Microsoft owns the rights to Halo.
Carol A
who owns movie rights? how do you research movie rights?
No, he doesn't. He owns the rights to "Carolina on My Mind" which is part of the Beatles collection he owns the rights to. He does not own the rights to "South Carolina on My Mind".
who owns publishing rights of the turtles happy together
If you are referring to the Rogers & Hammerstein version, their estate owns the rights.
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