The point being made "creations being his babies" seems somewhat odd to me. "But it's weird to me that other people are so okay with mucking about with other p

The point being made "creations being his babies" seems somewhat odd to me. "But it's weird to me that other people are so okay with mucking about with other people's work." That's also called "progress". It's how people learn and grow. Is it okay to take Shakespeare's characters and modify them here and there, play with the setting a bit, and generally muck about? It's legal, but is it okay? I assume his feelings are hurt that someone has taken his idea/characters and modified them. Because it's not as if he took the _idea_ of tetris and modified it. Imagine how hurt the author of tetris would be! Oh, but is it okay if the auhtor is dead (like Shakespeare)? Sorry, but I don't buy the argument/complaint. You want people to follow certain rules, put up a license. Hundreds of ideas, words and characters are written, and a lot of them are alike. We're not all that unique.