Lost Girls quite what they've said." In the UK, graphic artists and publishers feared that the book could be illegal to possess under the Coroners and Justice Act, which criminalises any sexual image depicting a "child", defined as anyone appearing under the age of 18. The book was nonetheless approved and continues to be published in the UK. On 23 June 2006, officials for Great Ormond Street Hospital—which was given the copyright to "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie in 1929—asserted that Moore would need their permission to publish the book in the UK and Europe. Moore indicated that he would not
Copyright law of the United Kingdom film. A publication right only exists if the publisher of the work is an EEA national "and" the work is first published in an EEA country. However, no publication right can be applied to works in which Parliamentary or Crown copyright existed previously. Publication right lasts for 25 years from first publication. On rare occasions, intellectual property rights are granted in perpetuity. When the current UK copyright law was debated in Parliament, former Prime Minister Lord Callaghan of Cardiff successfully proposed an amendment granting Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children a right to payments of royalties for performances, publications and