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> The team at Great Ormond Street used a technology called base editing, which was invented only six years ago. Fun fact: J M Barrie who wrote Peter Pan donate
by klipt 4y ago
> The team at Great Ormond Street used a technology called base editing, which was invented only six years ago.
Fun fact: J M Barrie who wrote Peter Pan donated the copyright of both the book and play in perpetuity to Ormond Street children's hospital. It's been a significant source of funding for them over the years.
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- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoThanks very much for posting this tidbit, very interesting! After seeing your comment I did a little googling, and fascinating to me is that a special law was passed in the UK specifically to make one of the Peter Pan copyrights held by Great Ormandy Street never expire: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/10/21/peter-pan-and-the-copyright-that-never-grew-up/ https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/10/21/peter-pan-and-the...
- jv22222 4y agoHuh, very cool. I had never imagined there would be a scenario where I was genuinely happy about a never ending copyright!
- musicale 4y agoIn this case the copyright seems to have expired essentially everywhere, but a special UK extension for Peter Pan allows for royalty collection for performances or adaptations of the play there in spite of the copyright's expiry.
- Dylan16807 4y agoKeeping some stories out of the public domain forever is a pretty terrible way to fund something.
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- eyelidlessness 4y agoDon’t worry, Pan never wanted to grow up.
- sph 4y agoI dunno, if it saves some children's lives, instead of Disney trying to make it another blockbuster franchise, that's perfectly fine by me.
- Semaphor 4y ago> It's been a significant source of funding for them over the years. TFA: > Still, best estimates are that it’s not a hugely important part of the hospital’s budget. which links to The Guardian [0]: > The hospital has abided by Barrie's wishes expressed in his will and always kept the proceeds from Peter Pan a closely guarded secret. With copyright expiry looming, De Poortere is at pains to point out the revenues are "significant", but not as great as many suspect. > "People who talk about millions a year have a strange idea of what a character is worth," she says. "On the whole, it's been significant but I wouldn't call it huge. I am on my own doing the Peter Pan administration, but I am part of a charity that has 100 people." > If the newspapers of 1929 were right about proceeds of £2,000 a year, that would be £90,000 a year in today's money, according to the Office for National Statistics. Just to expand ;) [0]: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/dec/28/gtormondst https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/dec/28/gtormondst