Hospital to fight Disney over Peter Pan rights
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:56 pm
The cartoon characters of Disney have kept children amused for generations. Less funny, they may find, is a dispute between the film empire and London's Great Ormond Street Hospital over money which might otherwise be used to treat sick children.
Peter and the Starcatchers
The hospital is to consult lawyers next week to investigate whether a children's adventure book published by Disney in America infringes the hospital's long-held ownership of the copyright of J M Barrie's Peter Pan.
Millions of pounds earned from royalty fees have been spent on helping sick children as a result of Barrie's decision to give his copyright to the hospital before his death in 1937.
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Peter and the Starcatchers
The hospital is to consult lawyers next week to investigate whether a children's adventure book published by Disney in America infringes the hospital's long-held ownership of the copyright of J M Barrie's Peter Pan.
Millions of pounds earned from royalty fees have been spent on helping sick children as a result of Barrie's decision to give his copyright to the hospital before his death in 1937.
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