Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Stigweird85 t1_je9v1f0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]

Pulled from my arse

https://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/10/13/peter.pan/

Even on GOSH own website they distinguished that the copyright applies in the UK only.

Disney got a lot of bad press for not honoring the tradition - it's a childrens hospital for crying out loud maybe it occurred prior to the new partnership in 2008 but I remember reading that despite owning Peter Pan that GOSH didn't get royalties on DVD sales or merchandise since these concepts didn't exist at the time. - A wide held belief at the time was this is why there was such a push on Tinkerbell and the fairies since they were somewhat original IPs created by Disney

I would be curious if Disney intend to pay anything for the new Peter Pan and Wendy film. Pan is out of copyright but you can't argue that GOSH shouldn't get something

−32

[deleted] OP t1_je9v49l wrote

So it wasn't extended because of Disney. The part you DID pull out of your arse.

Cheers.

40