9. I was dissatisfied with both sides of the Seuss wars. Unlike lunkheads like Ted Cruz, I wouldn't ever show the racist ooga-booga images to kids. But I don't want the books to go out of print either; cultural history is too important. The books should stay in print for adults.
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10. My sure-to-please-nobody solution is that Seuss should be in the public domain so the early books with racist/ethnic stereotypes can stay in print and be part of a discussion of the pervasiveness of racist iconography. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/seuss-racism-cancel-legacy/ …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
The pdfs are wideky available, much like Song of the South DVDs on Amazon.
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Replying to @MaisonDeSnark
I think archival editions that contextual the racism would be better than bootleg pdfs or dvds.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I think the public domain option complicates the copyright laws a bit.
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Replying to @MaisonDeSnark @HeerJeet
Voluntarily putting a work in the public domain (prior to the automatic 1000 or whatever year period Disney lobbied for) doesn't really cause copyright issues, does it?
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Replying to @FrankyPelvis @HeerJeet
Which The Seuss Foundation has decided not to do, and they own the copyright. Basically, it comes down to whether a copyright holder can choose not to publish something they own the right to.
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Replying to @MaisonDeSnark @HeerJeet
Oh yeah, then I agree. I think there's no real legal mechanism for forcing a publisher to reprint something just because it has historical academic merit, I can't think of any fair test that could be applied to determine that merit. It would have to be voluntary
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Replying to @FrankyPelvis @MaisonDeSnark
The legal mechanism would be reform to shorten copyright-- which is what I'm arguing for.
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The Seuss story is newsworthy and it's a good example of how long-lasting corporate copyrights work against the public interest.
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I've long wanted copyright reform and have in the past criticized the extension of copyright for longer and longer periods.
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