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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
I don't see the difference or, if tbere is a difference, how it is relevant. A published work can always be adapted or utilized in a new or innovative way. I could take the character of Sherlock Holmes and create a cartoon where he is a time traveling centaur that battles dinosaurs. The first design of the first light bulb is a finished product in the same way a novel is a finished product - both are, but so what?
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While a book may be made into a movie, or a cartoon, or even a radio dramatization it can't be changed much without it becoming a totally different story. People who have read the book of say Treasure Island know how it ends and who the characters are. On the other hand radio's went from using crystals to tubes to transistors to computer chips. The idea stayed the same but the means of using the technology changed. Just because someone had a patent on a particular tube radio design that doesn't mean they automatically have one on a transistor radio. The idea of radio was patented but just because one receiver was patented didn't mean all receivers automatically were. But with a book things are more set in stone. The media by which the book is conveyed to the reader/listener changes but the book itself doesn't.