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Old 03-08-2011, 08:25 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by David Marseilles View Post
Copyright doesn't prevent you from using other people's ideas, merely copying someone else's particular expression of an idea. Half the movies that do come out recycle pre-owned stuff, so I promise, sampling is alive and well. Avatar, for example, was Pocahontas with better visuals and less character development.


In theory yes, but who determines when an idea has been expressed solidly enough to be copyrightable?

Maybe as a society we didn't really need Avatar 3D? Shouldn't we be making things that we need??

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