Literaturfest: »GEMEIN ODER FREI?« GESPRÄCH MIT LUKAS MEZGER & THOMAS STRÄSSLE

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"The Magic Mountain" as a Netflix series? Trigger warning for "Medea" or, even better: moral defusing? Can classic texts be adapted to fit our present day? A panel on the curse and blessing of public domain.

What if... Gregor Samsa woke up one morning not as a vermin, but as a butterfly? If Hans Castorp had gone down into the valley with Madame Chauchat? Franz Kafka and Thomas Mann are two famous examples: Their works recently became "public domain" - 70 years after their deaths. Opinions differ as to whether classic prose can be altered and turned into series, whether classic dramas can be supplemented, expanded and adapted for a contemporary audience. What is permissible - and what is perhaps even necessary? Especially in times of digital availability, public domain is not only a topic of legal but also political virulence. Discuss with Maiken Hagemeister from Wikimedia Deutschland: Thomas Strässle, President of the Board of Trustees of the Max Frisch Foundation, and media lawyer Lukas Mezger.

Free admission. Registration required at monacensia.programm@muenchen.de

Organizer: Munich Literature Festival