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Originally Posted by rkomar
No bit of fiction stands on its own. Everything borrows from what came before. Once the idea of monetizing every idea takes hold, where will it end? It may seem far fetched right now, but there's no reason the same kind of patent trolls that are strangling technological progress won't move into the arts as well. It all depends on how cheaply they can do it and what kind of money they can pull out of it. Will authors be willing to face a law suit over some plot development if accused of copying some previously published work owned by a publishing troll? I think this "Intellectual property" business is going to bite the artists in the ass more than it will help them down the road, because it plays into the hands of those who make their living out of this kind of stuff.
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You seem to be confusing copyright with patents and trademarks. Copyright does not protect an idea and imposes no constraint over anyone else's original creation.