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I think the early french film - A Trip to the Moon - was pirated by edison and others in the united states and the original filmmakers didn't make any money ht
by m463 1y ago
I think the early french film - A Trip to the Moon - was pirated by edison and others in the united states and the original filmmakers didn't make any money
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon
specifically:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon#Release https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon#Release
- danlitt 1y agoVery common, many such cases. The reason Hollywood is on the west coast is because it was outside the effective reach of Edison's patents. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Sl4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JmUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3130,3977758 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Sl4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JmUF...