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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
we can have them ? any time ? brilliant ! so nobody will mind then if then next big parody mash-up to be published is "steve jordan's science fiction story, now with smurfs" ? how about if someone wants to turn that into a movie ? to a soundtrack of music by the Beatles ? and with a cameo of Mickey Mouse ?
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You are confusing apples and oranges. It's one thing to purchase and enjoy a book, a totally different thing to use it to create something else. That's is exactly what the copyright and intellectual property laws are in place for to manage these things.