[lambda]

I decided to try the UK calculator, for literary works. I'm somewhat horrified by the fact that one of the questions is 'Is the work "Peter Pan" by Sir James Matthew Barrie or an adaptation of that work?'

When specific works and specific authors have special laws passed for them, there's something a bit wrong with your legal system.

(And yes, I knew about this exception already, but wasn't thinking about it going in so the question caught me by surprise)

[jakeburtn]

I knew about the exception also but I always think its a bit strange. Wikipedia refers to it as more of a tax on performances than perpetual copyright[1] because European copyrights for Peter Pan expired on December 31 2007.

The legislation is 301 Provisions for the benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children from the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988[2]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_copyright [2] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48?view=plain