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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
Shakespeare was free to borrow from other plays, from every he had seen in his lifetime. Why do you think he created everything himself? What if he was just a good picker, able to put together many small themes invented by others? If copyright law was present in his time, he might not be able to "create" anything. At least without paying a horde of lawyers who would research where to license every line he wrote.
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Can you give a specific example of a Shakespeare play that would not have been permitted under current copyright law? He took ideas from existing works, yes, but not actual "texts". Copyright does not protect ideas.