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A Brief Publishing History of Don Quixote (2024)

https://www.swanngalleries.com/news/books/2024/04/a-brief-publishing-history-of-don-quixote/

13•jbperry•2d ago

Comments

jbperry•2d ago

Would be interesting to see a good write-up of just how much publishers ripped off other peoples work in these early days.

m463•2d ago

I think the early french film - A Trip to the Moon - was pirated by edison and others in the united states and the original filmmakers didn't make any money

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon

specifically:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon#Release

danlitt•2h ago

Very common, many such cases. The reason Hollywood is on the west coast is because it was outside the effective reach of Edison's patents.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Sl4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JmUF...

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65•zdw•3d ago•8 comments

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363•anarbadalov•23h ago•171 comments

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151•maelito•18h ago•74 comments

A Brief Publishing History of Don Quixote (2024)

https://www.swanngalleries.com/news/books/2024/04/a-brief-publishing-history-of-don-quixote/

13•jbperry•2d ago•3 comments

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240•blenderob•3d ago•178 comments

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1049•wompapumpum•1d ago•211 comments