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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
One reason that Shakespeare is performed so often is that it is in the public domain, so no one has to pay to perform it. Anyone who goes to see Shakespeare in the park is benefiting from the public domain.
Cinderella is constantly being remade and reimagined. It it wasn't for the public domain, this wouldn't be possible. Cinderella would only ever be what the original work was.
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Performance fees, no doubt. You are right, I can also think of classical music in this context. But our main topic here is books...