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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
Provided he didn’t lift it word for word, why? Again, I’m not trying to be a pain, but is there a portion of the copyright law that does not allow artists to influence each others work? It’s not as if Shakespeare simply erased the other author's name, by replacing it with his own.
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Derivative works are covered by copyright. Movies based on fairy tales would be illegal if the fairy tales weren't in public domain. Or they'd have to buy the rights from the estate of the original authors.