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Except in the UK, where a 1988 act provides special copyright status to "Peter Pan" that gives GOSH royalties for performances and adaptations, publications and
by boomboomsubban 3y ago
Except in the UK, where a 1988 act provides special copyright status to "Peter Pan" that gives GOSH royalties for performances and adaptations, publications and broadcasts forever.
- cryptonector 3y agoOh, thanks for that correction.
- barbazoo 3y agoIt would really suck if all of a sudden the government would have to make sure the hospital is fully funded. /s
- hgsgm 3y agoStrange because in the UK, hospitals are allegedly fully funded by the government.
- chris_wot 3y agoNot after over a decade of Tory rule.
- rjmunro 3y agoThe hospital is "fully" funded, which means they pay for doctors and treatments and stuff, but most (maybe all) UK hospitals have a charity arm that pays for some extras, like refurbishment of rest and waiting areas and things like toys for kids to play with. Because Great Ormond Street is the UKs top children's hospital, kids get referred there from all over the country so their charity also fund places for families to stay nearby and sometimes pay for travel. Great Ormond Street's charity raises enough money to also make grants for research into childhood disease and stuff. https://www.gosh.org/what-we-do/ https://www.gosh.org/what-we-do/
- rvnx 3y ago"The various uses of Peter Pan that have given the hospital money throughout most of the years since Barrie's death in 1937, will continue in the UK at least thanks to former prime minister Jim Callaghan. Encouraged by his wife Audrey, who was a chairwoman of Great Ormond Street, Callaghan successfully campaigned to get the UK's 1988 copyright act amended to give the hospital the unique right to royalties from stage performances of Peter Pan and any adaptation of the play forever." Very convenient.
- thathndude 3y agoA little marital cronyism! Gotta love it. To be clear, I’m fully in support of the cause. But this is still cronyism.
- rvnx 3y agoCool word to learn as non-native English speaker! Never heard of it before. I thought you were mentioning Cryonism, or Crayonism. I wondered what kind of religion that was.
- Jochim 3y agoIt's the word that's used in place of "corruption" when speaking of one's own country. Corruption is a rude and dirty word. It's use would besmirch the good reputation of those engaging in it. Cronyism is considered much more polite.
- mnw21cam 3y agoCronyism is a specific subclass of corruption.
- ekianjo 3y agoHow is that even legal?
- boomboomsubban 3y agoThe UK passed a law saying it is?
- bckygldstn 3y agoYep, here it is! 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...
- ekianjo 3y agoCan they pass a law to cancel all copyright as well?
- boomboomsubban 3y agoYes, though as they signed the WIPO copyright treaty that would piss off ~80% of the world.
- CameronNemo 3y agoUK has no (codified) constitution. They can just write whatever weird shit they want and call it law, for the most part. Parliamentary sovereignty is often seen as a central element in the British constitution, although its extent is contested. It means that an Act of Parliament is the highest form of law, but also that "Parliament cannot bind itself". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kin...
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- chris_wot 3y ago