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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
How? How has our culture suffered as a result of other people’s works not being free? I’m not trying to be a pain in the arse, but it’s one of those frequently made statements that really cannot be qualified – imo.
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Consider the fact (that I cannot back up atm) that 30% of all proverbs or idiomatic expressions in the English language come either from the King James Version of the Bible, or shakespeare.
Imagine you could never talk about "taking a pound of flesh" anymore. The (overrated) movie "seven pounds" with W. Smith would instantly be gone. (nothing lost there, you might argue.)
Similarly for Romeo and Juliet: Tchaikovsky wouldn't have been allowed to write his works, Wagner wouldn't have been allowed to write Tristan & Isolde, Bartók wouldn't have been allowed to create his folk-inspired music, and neither would Mozart or Bach, etc. Nobody would've referenced Dante, or Cervantes. Those insipid Disney cartoons wouldn't have had the classical-music-lite background music (Tom & Jerry chasing eachother etc),
Unless, of course, they had paid royalties to the **AA.