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Originally Posted by ficbot
To me, it's not an issue of engaging in this action or that one in order to make the work available for free to readers. It's about freeing it up for innovation by others as part of our shared cultural heritage. For instance, Gregory Maguire could not have written Wicked if he was not able to draw upon the public domain classic Wizard of Oz.
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Sure he could have. He would have just had to pay for the rights. Like Peter Jackson (or whoever) did for the LOTR movies. People produce derivative works of in-copyright works *all the time*. James Bond movies. Star Trek novels. The Avengers. Star Wars chess sets (suggesting that it's not always a good idea).