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What’s the copyright law on taking ideas and principals from a book like that, and rewriting it?
by Mandatum 4y ago
What’s the copyright law on taking ideas and principals from a book like that, and rewriting it?
- westoncb 4y agoSomeone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it should be fine. Copyright applies to specific concrete representations and not things like abstract underlying ideas.
- elyseum 4y agoYes. It applies to what you do / make. You can’t copy (parts of) the written text, but you can act (write your own interpretation) with the ideas in that text. “Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright