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Originally Posted by leebase
Come on. There can be wizards and schools without it being Harry Potter. I’m completely ok with Rawling and her heirs owning Harry Potter forever.
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They can (and probably will) own Harry Potter forever. They just have to use Trademarks instead of copyright.
That is how Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. does it. They have trademarked all of the characters. Want to make a Tarzan movie? work with ERB Inc., get it approved on its artistic merit, and give them their slice of the pie.
They don't mind the original works drifting into the public domain, because they are using a more proper legal means of maintaining a revenue stream.