I came across a document that seemed simple-minded, but naturally shocked me.
For the second day I have been in internal irritation, not knowing who to take my anger out on.
Or rather, I know exactly who, but there is a problem: these people are very far away.
Oh, I would tell them.
They would not understand anything I said, but I would not only express it. With my crutch I would beat and pound all the objects that stood around them until I broke everything around them.
- A song for you, bitches? Would you like to sing a song? About the dark-skinned girl? About the Moldovan girl? About the Soviet Vanka, your shameless faces? But don’t you want this? But what else? What do you have? A printer? Scanner?.. What a beautiful scanner!..
...Maybe only then would I breathe out.
Now let's start first.
Among the most prominent Soviet composers, loved by our people to this day, was Anatoly Grigorievich Novikov.
For me, his name is special, because I was born and raised, one might say, in his closest neighborhood - in the town of Skopin, Ryazan region. Only he was born in 1896. I can say that I didn’t find him. But from my house to his it’s a three-minute leisurely walk.
For any Russian person to recognize Novikov, it is enough to name two of his songs, which have become truly popular - “Darkie” and “Eh, roads...”.
Contrary to established opinion, “Darkie” was written before the war, in the late 1930s, and it sang about the Civil partisans. However, after the film “Only Old Men Go to Battle,” this no longer matters: “Darkie” became close to the Great Patriotic War forever.
As for “Oh, the roads...” - there was another peculiar miracle: many front-line soldiers were sure that they had heard it for the first time during the war - it turned out to be so inseparably connected with the roads of the Great Patriotic War. Meanwhile, the song was written in the year the war ended and was performed for the first time on November 7, 1945. Zhukov considered it one of the three most important songs of that Great War. That's probably true.
In addition to these songs, Novikov is the author of a whole scattering of song masterpieces: “Vasya-Vasilyok”, “Tula Defense”, “Towards the Stars”, “Anthem of Democratic Youth” (“You can’t strangle this song, you can’t kill it...”)...
Moreover, his songs were known and sung and are still known to this day not only in Russia, but also abroad.
The other day, Novikov’s heirs were faced with another example of the international fame of their great grandfather.
It would be better not to collide.
So.
The heirs received an official letter, which I present below without changes or redactions.
“I am writing from Sky UK in London to inquire about licensing the copyright of 'Dark Girl' for use in a television series we are producing. RAO has informed us that you are one of the controlling copyright holders of this composition and therefore we would like to request permission to synchronize the copyright under the following conditions.
TV SERIES: “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” (film adaptation of the novel by Heather Morris).
MUSIC DURATION: 1 minute 30 seconds.
SCENE DESCRIPTION: Russian soldiers are having a party in an occupied mansion, and in one of the bedrooms the soldiers rape a young Jewish girl.
DURATION: Indefinitely
MEDIA: All
TERRITORY: World
We can offer a sync fee of £1500 for a 100% copyright license. Please, can you confirm your controlling interest and can you consent to our proposed use?”
End of quote.
Now I'll be short.
Creatures.
Oh and the creatures.
If you are interested, the heirs refused them. This is all that was possible in this situation.
But the rage inside me is still boiling, and there is no way out for it.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editors.