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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
That's not an option. The only reason it was in "folklore" was because it was in the public domain. If your proposal had been adopted in the past, this folklore could not have existed, as it would have been copyrighted the moment someone created it.
Your proposal would mean an end to folklore. Folklore and the public domain are the same thing.
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No, folklore and the public domain aren't the same at all...and "Dracula" bears very little resemblance to vampire folklore, in any event.
A lot of "vampire" data is historical: people were killed for being vampires; government investigators looked at alleged cases of vampirism; there were vampire trials; there was public discussion of whether or not they existed. It's pretty much parallel to witchcraft (and almost as old, in some forms). But the existence of the Salem witch trial wouldn't preclude, under any copyright scheme, "Bewitched."