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Originally Posted by pwalker8
People are already doing what Leebase says they can't and won't.
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People can sue for anything, any time. I've never said otherwise.
There are certainly anecdotes for "patent trolls" and "copy cats" galore. I don't agree with Harlan about A Boy and His Dog....but the Sword of Shanara is a scene for scene direct ripoff of the Lord o the Rings.
So...if you want to say...."American courts are screwey" -- you'll get no debate from me.
If you want to advocate for "the solution is to do away with ownership"....then no.
And yet...EVEN SO....EVEN THOUGH...the Terminator production company paid Ellison....they still made the movie. And it's far far far from being the only book to deal with evil AI machines take over the world.
You can even write a book series where the protagonist is named Jack Reacher, a loner ex-millitary dude who wanders around solving crime....and somebody else can put out a book with a character named John Puller...a loner ex-millitary dude who wanders around solving crime.
As much as Lee Childs was incensed....there is absolutely nothing he can do about David Baldacci's book series. Nobody can own "ex-millitary loner dude going around solving crimes". And while Jake Reasher might have tripped a trademark infringement....John Puller is NOT....Jack Reacher.
There are an infinite number of ways to tell a story. Society is not held back by preventing someone from copying another person's work