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Public Domain Day 2021: "Gatsby" goes free-use

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#1

Public Domain Day 2021: "Gatsby" goes free-use

Looks like this year, the major historic items entering the public domain are "The Great Gatsby" and the songs "Always" by Irving Berlin and "Sweet Georgia Brown."

Who will be the first to premiere a major A-list adaptation of Gatsby now? And are there any theatre or musical items that didn't make the big obvious list that are now free use?

#2

Public Domain Day 2021: "Gatsby" goes free-use

The source novels for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Porgy & Bess also enter public domain in 2021. I won't be surprised to see some copyright tip-toeing around the still-protected adaptations happening real soon.
#6

Public Domain Day 2021: "Gatsby" goes free-use

darquegk said: "In my imagination: Adam Guettel vs. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt with the artsy versus the hip Gatsby."



For that to happen Adam will need a time machine to go back and start writing eight years ago (speed is not his forte)

#7

Public Domain Day 2021: "Gatsby" goes free-use

If you want to get technical about it, it's not copyright infringement to have written a Gatsby musical adaptation prior to it entering the public domain (I'm no lawyer, but it should be protected under the 1st Amendment). It becomes a legal matter when you try to perform it. For all we know, Adam, Lin, Tom, and a bunch of other writers might have Gatsby musicals already written, waiting to drop when 2021 rolled around.

#8

Public Domain Day 2021: "Gatsby" goes free-use

I predict a major revival of Gatz in the immediate future, and a rush to development for everyone else.
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#9

Public Domain Day 2021: "Gatsby" goes free-use

Wasn’t Florence & The Machine working on a musical? There was talk of that earlier this year.

https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/florence-the-machine/16851

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/andrew-lloyd-webber-interview-on-his-new-musical-cinderella-and-the-future-of-theatre-23nlfl002

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