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Peter Pan: Copyright
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In 1996 copyright protection was extended from 50 to 70 years throughout the European Union, which means that Peter Pan now enjoys revived copyright in Europe until 2007. A similar Copyright Extension Act was passed in the USA with effect from October 1998 granting copyright there until 2023.
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The government of the United Kingdom has enacted what amounts to a perpetual copyright (with a compulsory licence provision) on the works of the Peter Pan cycle. The exact phrasing is in section 301 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988:
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Although the UK copyright expired in 1987, 50 years after Barrie’s death, former Prime Minister Lord Callaghan successfully proposed an amendment to the Copyright Act 1988 which gave Great Ormond Street the unique right to royalties from Peter Pan, forever. (Section 301, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988).
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