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Originally Posted by pwalker8
And that in general is the purpose of copyright and patents. A limited time monopoly so the author or inventor can profit, then into the public domain for the benefit of society. ...
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It's not the profit aspect that bothers me the most with someone stealing another's "world" or characters -- it's the theft that bothers me. Why can't writers create their own worlds and own characters? If they can't, they shouldn't be writers.