Do they donate part of their sales to the hospital like the plays?
jw
2007-03-12 12:54:02 · 6 answers · asked by dani 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
Yes. I believe Disney has to. Check this out:
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http://www.gosh.org/about_us/peterpan/history.html
Since its first performance at the Duke of York's theatre on 27 December, 1904, Sir J M Barrie’s story of Peter Pan and Neverland has been a part of every childhood – and many adulthoods too!
Barrie gave all the rights to the story to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and this was later confirmed when he died in 1937.
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The article then goes on to say...
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Since then, the hospital has received royalties every time a production of the play is put on, as well as from the sale of Peter Pan books and other products. Barrie requested in his will that the amount raised from Peter Pan should never be revealed, and GOSH has honoured his wishes.
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It says that they receive royalties form "books and other products" so maybe a bit of the DVD/VHS sales go to them as well. I would imagine so actually.
Here are the royality terms:
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http://www.gosh.org/about_us/peterpan/copyright.html
Royalties
This means that whenever a performance of Peter Pan is staged, a film made or a book published, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity can charge a royalty fee. So if your school or theatre company is planning a production of Peter Pan or you wish to use the characters and stories from the book in some way, please let us know.
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And there you have it. So yes, Disney must pay royalties to the hospital or at the very least, they did in the past. More her:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/10/13/peter.pan/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan#Copyright_status
Ohhh...this is interesting...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/23/ndiz23.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/11/23/ixhome.html
The Walt Disney Corporation pulled out of a new £60 million film version of Peter Pan after refusing to give a share of its profits to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London.
The Hollywood studio became embroiled in a row with its fellow producers when it rejected a deal that would have given the hospital a share of the royalties from lucrative merchandising deals linked to the film.
2007-03-12 13:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by Mouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doubt it. Walt Disney owns Peter Pan the film. The plays are someting seperate I believe. I know Disney does a lot of charity work but I don't believe anything directly from the sales of the Peter Pan movies are allocated specifically to hospitals.
2007-03-12 12:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doubt it. They would make a big deal about it on TV.
2007-03-12 13:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by santobugito 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probly not or else we would have heard of it
2007-03-12 12:57:34 · answer #4 · answered by astroheather84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah right. I don't think so. Why would they?
2007-03-12 12:58:56 · answer #5 · answered by grrandram 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know
2007-03-12 12:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by workin_man66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋