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Originally Posted by Iphinome
My side is about limiting or even going so far as to remove monopolies. If you as I do, see all work as derivative then you don't understand why one person can remix and mash up what came before but the next person can't use this new remix or mash up as a part of their own.
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I honestly don't understand why you think that copyright law prevents this: it doesn't. If reading Joanne Rowling's books gives you the inspiration to write your own book about boy wizards, then you are entirely free to do so. All that copyright law says is that you can't call your wizard "Harry Potter" or directly copy Ms. Rowling's story. Other than that, you are completely free to write whatever you wish.