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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
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. |
No, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm pointing out famous movies that borrow from other famous movies, not the use of public domain. I use a Fistful of Dollars where the movie producer did all the things that Lee suggests as ways to get around copyright and yet lost the court case. I also pointed to the Star Wars/Battlestar Galactic case as an example where the copyright holder made some pretty far ranging copyright violations claims including the idea that Skiler is too close to Skywalker.
Yes, I've seen Battle Beyond the Stars, though I suspect that it borrowed from The Magnificent Seven rather than the Seven Samurai. Heck they even used Robert Vaughn basically playing the same character that he played in the Magnificent Seven. I liked that movie. It was a fun six pack movie.