Thread: How long should a copyright last?
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Old 10-02-2013, 07:24 AM   #150
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is not just inspired by the original. It uses the original text. So it uses the original expression of the ideas.
I'm happy to wait for at least life+50 for such cleverness to become a commercially legitimate art form. (I'm not denying that there is cleverness involved, but I'm not convinced it's a significant reason to want to change copyright.)
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