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Originally Posted by pwalker8
If not for public domain, very little of our modern society would exist. There would be little music, literature or movies because very few works isn't based on something else.
A fairly substantial piece of Star Wars was lifted from The Hidden Fortress. The Magnificent Seven was a straight lift from the Seven Samurai. The spagetti western Fistful of Dollars was inspired by Yojimbo and actually lost that copyright infringement case. Changing the names and making it a western rather than a samurai movie didn't help them.
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It sounds like you are arguing with my post when you and I seem to agree.
You could stand to use some better examples though. Star Wars did borrow from The Hidden Fortress (and Dune), and Fistful of Dollars was copyright infringement. So public domain had nothing to do with either.
The Magnificent Seven was a remake of The Seven Samurai, so again, not public domain. Oh, and fun fact: a less... official remake of The Seven Samurai was done by Roger Corman. Check out
Battle Beyond the Stars some time.