As I cut through Collingham Gardens SW5 and noticed a wonderful eye catching display at No 5. Giant inflatable Rabbits !!
They were collecting for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital for this Easter
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| No 5 Collingham Gardens |
In April 1929 the Great Ormond Street Hospital
for Children (GOSH) was the recipient of playwright J. M. Barrie's copyright to
the Peter Pan works, with the provision that the income from this source not be
disclosed.
This gave the
Children’s Hospital control of the rights to these works, and entitled it to
royalties from any performance or publication of the play and derivative works.
Four theatrical feature films were produced innumerable performances of the play have been presented, and numerous editions
of the novel were published under licence from the hospital.
When the
copyright originally expired at the end of 1987, 50 years after Barrie's death,
the UK government granted the hospital a perpetual right to collect royalties
for public performances, commercial publication, or other communications to the
public of the work.
The UK copyright was subsequently extended
through 2007 by a European Union directive in 1996 standardising terms
throughout the EU to the author's life plus 70 years.
J M Barrie’s gift of the rights to Peter Pan
has provided a significant source of income to Great Ormond Street Hospital
ever since they were given to the hospital in 1929.
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| Giant Easter Bunnies in Collingwood Gardens London SW5 |
Copyright Designs and Patents Act CDPA
The copyright first expired in the UK (and the rest of Europe) in 1987, 50 years after Barrie’s death.
However, former Prime Minister Lord Callaghan successfully proposed an amendment to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act (CDPA) of 1988, giving Great Ormond Street Hospital the unique right to royalties from stage performances of Peter Pan (and any adaptation of the play) as well as from publications, audio books, ebooks, radio broadcasts and films of the story of Peter Pan, in perpetuity.
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| Little Bogdan Orlov thinks it's a good cause too |
In the UK, the CDPA therefore prevails so that the hospital will continue enjoying the benefit of Barrie’s gift in perpetuity.
Royalties
This means that whenever a performance of Peter Pan is staged or a book published, a royalty (a percentage of the ticket price or book price) is payable to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
Well I found out more about the selling of Rights and the London Book Fair which I will write up on another post.
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| There's big Easter bunny behind you Bogdan ! |
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