Would be interesting to see a good write-up of just how much publishers ripped off other peoples work in these early days.
m463 · 23h ago
I think the early french film - A Trip to the Moon - was pirated by edison and others in the united states and the original filmmakers didn't make any money
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon
specifically:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon#Release