Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoAmazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down115
arrow-up1356arrow-down1external-linkAmazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.variety.comJo Miran@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareseaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up253arrow-down3·1 year agoHeh, more of this shit. Remember, the only reason we can still watch the highly influential 1922 vampire movie Nosferatu today is because some people didn’t destroy all their copies despite a court saying they had to. DISOBEY DESTRUCTION ORDERS. COPY ALL THE THINGS.
minus-squareaubertlone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoHey this is a pretty interesting story, got a link?
minus-squarevulgarcynic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoHere a pretty good version of it https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/1086605684/try-as-she-might-bram-stokers-widow-couldnt-kill-nosferatu
minus-squareaubertlone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat an interesting read! Thank you so much. Interesting to hear about Stoker’s widow, and her going to the courts to pursue a copyright claim.
minus-squarevulgarcynic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s a fascinating story. I often wonder how it would of been perceived at a time when copyright wasn’t in a post Disney world.
Heh, more of this shit.
Remember, the only reason we can still watch the highly influential 1922 vampire movie Nosferatu today is because some people didn’t destroy all their copies despite a court saying they had to.
DISOBEY DESTRUCTION ORDERS.
COPY ALL THE THINGS.
Hey this is a pretty interesting story, got a link?
Here a pretty good version of it
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/1086605684/try-as-she-might-bram-stokers-widow-couldnt-kill-nosferatu
What an interesting read!
Thank you so much. Interesting to hear about Stoker’s widow, and her going to the courts to pursue a copyright claim.
It’s a fascinating story. I often wonder how it would of been perceived at a time when copyright wasn’t in a post Disney world.