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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
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."
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Folklore is the stories that people have created over time. The public domain is essential to folklore.