Template:Did you know nominations/Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 04:19, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.

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~~... that four Russian composers called the makers of the 1948 Cold War film The Iron Curtain "American reactionaries" for using their music without their permission?~~ Source: Daniel J. Leab, "The Iron Curtain (1948): Hollywood's First Cold War Movie", p. 174. "The composers found their protest limited, as one writer later put it, 'to an angry letter to the Editor of Ivestia.' They charged that 'American reactionaries have decided to supplement anti-Soviet forgeries on which their film is based by stealing our works.'"
- ALT1: ... that the first United States court case to recognize moral rights in authorship involved the use of music by four Soviet composers in the 1948 Cold War film The Iron Curtain? Source: Mira T. Sundara Rajan, Moral Rights: Principles, Practice and New Technology, p. 142. "Shostakovich was the first recognition of the moral rights principle in U.S. law; it saw an open-ended exploration of the idea of moral rights."
- ALT2: ... that a New York court refused to prohibit distribution of the 1948 Cold War film The Iron Curtain, while a French court banned it? Source: Peter Baldwin, The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle, p. 1. "When Shostakovich sued in the United States, he failed. ... But in France a court ascertained 'moral damage.' The film was banned and the composers were awarded damages."
- ALT3: ... that a Soviet-affiliated arts agent in the United States attempted to stop release of the 1948 Cold War film The Iron Curtain before four Soviet composers filed a lawsuit against the film's distributor? Source: Kiril Tomoff, "Shostakovich and The Iron Curtain: Intellectual Property and Transimperial Integration", Virtuosi Abroad: Soviet Music and Imperial Competition During the Early Cold War, 1945–1958, pp. 25-27.
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- Comment: QPQ not required.

5x expanded by Voorts (talk). Self-nominated at 23:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Currently reading this article and will return with a review shortly. One minor issue for now: strictly speaking, the composers in question were not Soviet, but Soviet. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 16:53, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that. I'm also withdrawing the first option per a discussion on the article talk page. voorts (talk/contributions) 16:58, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
@CurryTime7-24: changed Russian to Soviet throughout. I think I prefer ALT2 over ALT1 at this point. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:55, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article was expanded over 5x and nominated within the required period. Earwig detects "violation possible", but closer reading confirms that this is only because of material quoted properly within this article. My preference is for either ALT 1 or ALT2. Final approval pending correction of the former's demonym to Soviet. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 17:28, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Ready to go! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:35, 3 October 2023 (UTC)