![]() ![]() What does copyright protect?Ĭopyright is the exclusive right of the maker of a work to make it public and reproduce it. In 2017, Lindgren’s estate filed a lawsuit against a German production company on the grounds that its German version of the song ‘Hey, Pippi Longstocking’ infringed the copyright of the original Swedish song. Unsurprisingly, the copyright to the works is strictly monitored. © The Astrid Lindgren Company / AB Svensk Filmindustri Since then, Lindgren’s series of Pippi books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and there are many films, musicals and plays about the popular character’s life. And, she comes from the imagination of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, whose first book about Pippi Longstocking appeared in 1945. ![]() She is the strongest girl in the world and can even lift a horse one-handed! She lives, together with her monkey Mr Nilsson and her horse Lilla Gubben, in Villa Villekulla. To mark the launch of the new official version of the Pippi Longstocking song this month, Koen de Winder examines the court case and what it means for the character’s legacy. ![]() The estate of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren successfully established last year that a German version of the song ‘Hey, Pippi Longstocking’ infringed its copyright. ![]()
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There are comic strips with mathematical symbols, strips containing programming code, strips where you really need to know what a “clockwise polar plot” is to understand the joke. It’s delightful, good-humoured and never talks down to its readers the opposite, if anything. (The name, incidentally, is simply a set of letters that don’t appear in any English words in that order, so are easy to Google.) Drawn in a simple, elegant and clean style, it tells jokes for people who know something about science and maths. XKCD, the “webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language” written for the past 10 years by Randall Munroe, is a geek phenomenon. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was brilliant as Miss Marple, and the production team did a pretty good job capturing the feel of the novel, and it made for enjoyable watching. ![]() Of the two, the BBC dramatisation featuring Joan Hickson was by far and away the best. Some characters were cut in both TV shows, (but that always happens) the ending was changed, and I’m not sure either of them got the period right – both were more 1950s than anything else, and if this was published in 1930, the setting would, I think, have been late ’20s. For a start, I was surprised to find the narrator is actually the vicar – I’d have laid money on it being the ‘authorial voice’. I had read this before, but I think my memories must have been heavily influenced by the two TV versions, because on re-reading it wasn’t quite as I remembered. ![]() This is week I’m joining the 1930 Club and celebrating books written or published in that year, though I had some trouble finding something to fit the bill, which is very odd when when you consider how many books I have! Anyway, I plumped for Agatha Christie’s Murder at the Vicarage so I can support the event, which is organised by Simon over at Stuck in Book, and Karen at Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is an expert at borrowing money, even though his lenders know the money will never be returned. His life is spent in partying, carousing, chasing women, getting drunk and, in particular, gambling. He has managed, through his family connections, to get a job in the parks department but only goes to work to collect his paycheck. The maid died giving birth to Vadinho and he was brought up in orphanages and a real trouble-maker he was and remains. He is the bastard child of the son of a well-to-do family and the family maid. When Vadinho appears on the scene, Dona Flor’s mother encourages the relationship, under the mistaken impression that he comes from a well-to-do family. Dona Flor is fascinated by local cookery and has set up a cooking school which gives her a decent living. When they met, Dona Flor was a sweet and demure lady, living with her rather obnoxious, widowed mother. Vadinho is a totally incorrigible rogue, without any moral scruples whatsoever. It starts with the death of Dona Flor’s first husband, Vadinho. And it certainly is a fascinating story, superbly told by Amado. It is certainly the best known, thanks to the film. Many consider this to be Amado’s best book (though I personally consider Tenda dos milagres (Tent of Miracles) to be superior). ![]() ![]() Home » Brazil » Jorge Amado » Dona Flor e seus dois maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands) Jorge Amado: Dona Flor e seus dois maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands) ![]() ![]() ![]() Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it's starting to look like it's Ben's future that's in question. Ben's neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother's situation, and the more questions she has. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he's not there. ![]() Her half-brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. She's broke and alone, and she's just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. " clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." - Peopleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide. ![]() "Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game." - Vogue ![]() ![]() ![]() She gave us good info on proper & period correct fabric choices & sewing techniques. Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Softcover Condition: Good US 6.65 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. 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"The only thing he ever wanted to do was write books, and that's what he did all his life, and we did it together," his wife and editor, Jean, said Sunday. Inc., Stone's publisher, estimates his books have sold more than 30 million copies. During the next half-century, he wrote a stream of best-selling biographical novels, including "The Agony and the Ecstasy."ĭoubleday & Co. ![]() His family said he had been receiving treatment for cancer there since July 24.With the 1934 epic "Lust For Life" about Van Gogh, Stone perfected the art form of telling history with a human focus. Stone died of heart failure late Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Irving Stone, whose pioneering biographical novels of Vincent Van Gogh, Mi- helangelo, Sigmund Freud and others brought history to life for millions, is dead. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Academics discourage students from working on the "dead end" of quantum foundations. 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Kendare Blake continues to impress with this feminist take on royalty within a magical world separate from our own, where sister queens are born to kill for the throne. ![]() I am not even sure how to go about explaining how much I love the Three Dark Crowns book series. ![]() |