What happened to the copyright protection for Peter Pan and other classic children's stories, and can independent publishers now create sequels without permission?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What happened to the copyright protection for Peter Pan and other classic children's stories, and can independent publishers now create sequels without permission?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Peter Pan copyright public domain United States 2026 J.M. Barrie 1911 novel 1904 play copyright statusGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no
UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 section 301 Peter Pan Great Ormond Street Hospital copyright royalty officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
US Copyright Office public domain derivative works public domain characters sequel copyright guidanceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Peter Pan copyright public domain United States 2026 J.M. Barrie 1911 novel 1904 play copyright status Google ↗
UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 section 301 Peter Pan Great Ormond Street Hospital copyright royalty official Google ↗
US Copyright Office public domain derivative works public domain characters sequel copyright guidance Google ↗
- Peter Pan at Great Ormond Street Hospital · gosh.nhs.uk
- Neverland | Copyright to Peter Pan · neverlandofficial.com
- Copyright Notice: Duration of copyright (term) · gov.uk
- Public Domain Day 2024 - Center for the Study of the Public Domain · cspd.law.duke.edu
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 · legislation.gov.uk
- What is Copyright? · copyright.gov
- What is Copyright? · copyright.gov
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain - Copyright · guides.library.cornell.edu
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Pan copyright public domain United States 2026 J.M. Barrie 1911 novel 1904 play copyright status OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Yes / no | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 section 301 Peter Pan Great Ormond Street Hospital copyright royalty official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
US Copyright Office public domain derivative works public domain characters sequel copyright guidance OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 |