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Huh, very cool. I had never imagined there would be a scenario where I was genuinely happy about a never ending copyright!
by jv22222 4y ago
Huh, 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.
- bambax 4y agoTaking away freedom is always about "saving children's lives". It's so common in fact that the instant one hears about "saving children's lives" we can be certain something very bad is going to happen.
- johngalt_ 4y agoI am not a big fan of copyright myself, but calling being unable to use someone else's story for yourself "taking away your freedom" is a bit too much.
- bambax 4y agoIsn't it obvious where this could be going? Let's save more children's lives by making all copyright infinite.
- foldr 4y agoI mean, no? There is absolutely no indication that that particular slippery slope is being slid down. Can you even point to anyone advocating for infinite copyright on all works on the basis of the Great Ormond Street example?
- Dylan16807 4y agoNot if you really believe in the concept of public domain. Old stories should belong to everyone, not "someone else".
- pastacacioepepe 4y agoThe proper solution would have been for the state to fund the hospital as needed, while freeing everyone else to create content based on Peter Pan if they wished so.
- jonsen 4y agoAgree, there should be other ways in a modern society.
- namaria 4y agoCivilization is made of unsavory compromises... Funding by taxation and committee spending, or by fetishisation of conspicuous consumption are also pretty bad and yet quite prevalent.
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