P. G. Wodehouse Page 4
Don't get this. The copyright should always be with the estate in my opinion. Deals can be made. Keep as is, or create new stuff lazy fellows, or work around it as Shakespeare, for example, did. Patents don't run out of copyright do they?? I don't think the tory (lol) government would approve of, say, if after a hundred years all inherited properties would be reverted back to public domain. What would the queen make of it?
Quote: Marc P @ March 14 2013, 9:10 PM GMTPatents don't run out of copyright do they??
Patents do expire. And faster than literary copyright. A patent's lifespan is about 20 to 30 years (or fewer if not renewed). Monsanto's once very expensive herbicide Roundup, for example, had to drop its price following the expiration in 2000 of its patent on the chemical that is now more cheaply sold as glyphosate. Old bean.
Did any of you lot watch this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rlwy8/Wodehouse_in_Exile/
Was it any good? BBC iPlayer shows are not available in Indonesia because the Indonesian networks are likely in a furious bidding war to get the rights for Wodehouse in Exile and broadcast it in between their exciting child celebrity gossip shows.
I did, and really rather enjoyed it. But I know nothing of P.G. Wodehouse, so I don't know if 'fans' might find it inaccurate or in some other way disappointing.
There's a good Wogan documentary on him. And a few biographies and some collections of letters. Would like to see this biopic.
It is worth catching; decent script and a very good cast headed by Tim Piggot-Smith, predictably excellent as Plum, and Julian Rhind-Tutt, who has Malcolm Muggeridge's peculiarly supercilious grimace of tortured concern to the T.
When I was a kid I read all the Wodehouse books. He created an innocent joyous world. Blandings are my own favourites but they are all wonderful.