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Originally Posted by leebase
You seem to NOT understand hyperbole. It's extremely tiresome to wrap every statement with 5 paragraphs of exceptions. Of course people are still rewriting Shakespere and the like.
The relevant point is that nobody HAS to right in Shakespeare's universe. There are unlimited ways of telling "boy and girl from warring familes fall in love".
Copyright applies to specific works, not generic concepts. Harry Potter....no no. Boy wizard? Go right ahead. Muggles? No no. Non magical people in a magical world? Go right ahead. Dracula? Sure, it predates copyright. Braham Stoker's Drakula? Nay nay.
If someone is advocating that copyright should cover "ideas/concepts" - (like, say, faster than light travel)? Then count me in the "nay nay" crowd.
Everyone should be able to write stories with Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise? Nay nay. Never never. Not without the right holder's agreement.
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So you are saying that the Aeneid should have never been written since it was written in the Homer universe and uses characters from the universe? There is a logical inconsistency in your position. You say that it's ok to use Dracula since that predates copyright (technically it doesn't, it was published in 1897 so the copyright expired in 1938 I think [42 years for works published before 1912]), but not ok to use Captain Kirk, now and forever, even though the law when Star Trek was made was 28+28 years, i.e. by the laws when it was made, it ought to go into public domain in a couple of years.
Why is it ok that Dracula went into PD but you think Star Trek never should?
Just as aside here is a link to the copyright settlement between the various companies that own the copyrights to Star Trek and a fan who was trying to make a Star Trek fanFlick.
https://qz.com/963942/star-treks-uni...s-gone-before/