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Lamplighter
Registered User
(9/2/05 7:14 am)
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Curtains for Cinderella ballet set in brothel
Is it appropriate to limit modern interpretations of classic stories in this way?
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AliceCEB
Registered User
(9/2/05 8:32 am)
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Re: Curtains for Cinderella ballet set in brothel
Well, yes. From the article, it appears that Prokofiev's Estate holds the copyright to the music, so anyone who wants to use the music for the ballet must get permission from the Estate first. The ballet company didn't and so the Estate was within its rights to stop production. Whether we agree with the Estate's tastes is besides the point: no one can use copyrighted material without getting permission from the holder. The ballet company went into production without doing so and were caught. I feel bad for the artists involved, but the producers should have known better.
Best,
Alice
Edited by: AliceCEB at: 9/2/05 8:33 am
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Writerpatrick
Registered User
(9/2/05 10:34 am)
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Re: Curtains for Cinderella ballet set in brothel
They could easily have made the mistake of thinking the work was public domain. Basically, almost anything before the 1920's is public domain. After that time it gets tricky. Many of his early works may fall within public domain, but Cinderella was around the early 1940's.
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