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I'm not sure if GOSH can actually legally block derivative works, the relevant clauses are more about claiming a royalty, not a continuation of copyright, ie:
by fredoralive 4y ago
I'm not sure if GOSH can actually legally block derivative works, the relevant clauses are more about claiming a royalty, not a continuation of copyright, ie:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/part/VII/crossheading/provisions-for-the-benefit-of-the-hospital-for-sick-children https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/part/VII/crossh...
"Provisions for the benefit of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
The provisions of Schedule 6 have effect for conferring on Children's Charity for the benefit of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children a right to a royalty in respect of the public performance, commercial publication communication to the public of the play “Peter Pan” by Sir James Matthew Barrie, or of any adaptation of that work, notwithstanding that copyright in the work expired on 31st December 1987."
GOSH can of course maintain a moral right as intended inheritor of the rights to approve disprove or derivative works, but as the copyright has expired I'm not sure if they have many legal rights.
(Not a Lawyer, etc. etc.)
- lambertsimnel 4y agoI share your understanding. Under the anomalous Peter Pan arrangement, restrictions on derivative works expired (in 2007, after the duration was extended), but GOSH's royalties continue. It sounds a bit like the situation for songwriters who record their own songs. They hold two kinds of copyrights (one on the songs themselves, and one on the recordings). Initially, holders of those copyrights have extensive control over the songs, but then when the recordings' copyrights expire their control diminishes: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term#how-long-is-the-duration-of-copyright https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-... (Also not a lawyer)