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Maybe for the same reason that having Romeo & Juliet and King Lear in the public domain is so important. Would West Side Story or Ran have been made if they we

Maybe for the same reason that having Romeo & Juliet and King Lear in the public domain is so important. Would West Side Story or Ran have been made if they weren't?

griftah 16y ago
Copyright didn't seem to stop authors of D&D or many derivative fantasy novels that have more in common with Lord of the Rings than West Side Story with Shakespeare.
- i_c_b 16y ago
  Why do you think D&D calls hobbits halflings, and ents treants? TSR has a vexed history with Tolkien's estate.
  - Fargren 16y ago
    Has had. TSR doesn't exist anymore.