Aesop died long before the Roman Empire did. This was long before there was copy write protection and even if there was, it expired long ago. The fables entered the public domain a long long time ago.
It reverts to the public domain.
Microsoft owns the rights to Halo.
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".
Of course, as long as you don't try to pass them off as originals and have the permission of the original artist (or whover owns rights to the painting)
who owns publishing rights of the turtles happy together
If you are referring to the Rogers & Hammerstein version, their estate owns the rights.
RHI Entertainment owns the home video rights to the Little Rascals films made from 1927-1938. CBS Television owns the TV rights. Warner Brothers owns the rights to the 1938-1944 Our Gang shorts. The 1922-1926 shorts are in the public domain.
The Walt Disney company owns the image rights (and other rights such as movie rights) for Baby Pooh, along with image rights for many other Disney Characters.
Your mom.
Disney
Granada TV owns the rights. They were the original creators back in 2002, so they hold all rights relating to the program.