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The Daily Telegraph reports on the latest twist to the battle over the rights to Winnie the Pooh. The author, AA Milne transferred the rights to Stephen Slesinger inward 1929. His widow licensed the role of Winnie the Pooh to Disney but she instantly claims that she is owed royalties on DVDs, videos in addition to software that were non covered yesteryear the master licensing agreement. However, Disney claims that it does non convey to pay equally it has made a bargain alongside Clare Milne, the grand-daughter of AA Milne, who argues that she is entitled to reclaim the rights from the Slesinger household unit of measurement next the passage of the Sony Bono Copyright Act. Previously the US guess had rejected Clare Milne’s claim but instantly she has said that "substantial solid position down for a departure of opinion" in addition to Milne has been granted the correct to appeal.

notes that this illustration is possible because the US Copyright Act contains a provision allowing authors in addition to their heirs in addition to successors inward championship to reclaim copyright that they convey licensed to others later a sure as shooting menses of time. would last real interested postulate heed almost whatever jurisdictions that convey like provisions inward their copyright laws.

The department of the US Copyright Act allowing for copyright licences to last terminated hither
The Sony Bono Act here
AA Milne here
Christopher Robin here but non here
More almost Winnie the Pooh than you lot wanted to know here, here in addition to here
Play Pooh Sticks here or here
Pathology inward the Hundred Acre Wood here


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