What would you do with six thousand copies of The Da Vinci Code?

[thewayne]

A UK artist purposely sought out 6,000 copies of the Dan Brown book. He started the project several years ago when he heard the local Oxfam shop (an Oxford College charity/thrift shop) was no longer accepting copies of the book because they had so many copies. David Shrigley, noted UK artist, took the books, had them pulped, then reprinted George Orwell's 1984! He also included a piece of artwork. They're being sold to support Oxfam at 500 pounds each in a limited edition of 1250 copies.

George Orwell died 70 years ago and his work is now in the public domain in the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67218454

Comments

[disneydream06]

Well, that's just weird. LOL.........

70 years doesn't seem like a long time to loose your rights to something. :o
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

70 years after your death?

[disneydream06]

When I was younger, I just always assumed that a copywrite was for all time. :o

[thewayne]

Nope!

[disneydream06]

Buggers.....

[silveradept]

There's something in there about turning an overproduced book about a conspiracy theory into an overpriced book about the dangers of fascism. (Yes, there's the artwork as the justification for the cost.) I have no idea what the appropriate link is, though.