On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:33:48PM +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > England (or Great Britain - I'm not sure which) in the late 1800s. One > of my other interests, Gilbert and Sullivan, is notably impacted by > that, as the "license copy" of a play wasn't necessarily identical to > what ended up being performed; to us, a hundred-odd years down the > track, the version registered for copyright gives an insight into the > creators' minds and what got changed at the last minute. But that was > in the bad old days ...
I'd suggest it is still happening ... *cough* Hollywood *cough*, although it is probably referred to as "artistic licence", and phrases like ... "very loosely based on a true story." etc. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140519234121.GA13739@tal
