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Style is not copyrightable.

• Retric 4y ago
  Again depends on what is meant by style. Another post in this thread suggested plot elements as part of style Aka “a wizardry school for preteens.” Sharing a few surface levels elements like that is fine, but if a one page description could equally well be used to describe both works you’re well over the line.
  • chii 4y ago
    > if a one page description could equally well be used to describe both works lots of disney animations could've been described this way. And it's because they took storylines from well known folk tales and adapted it. the idea of a teen wizard/witch going to a special school, fighting a villain, etc, doesn't seem to be copyrightable. While the russian ripoff version seems very similar and skirt the line between a copy and an original work, there's plenty of room where such a story could've been told and not be an infringement.
    • Retric 4y ago
      Disney would be infringing on copyright except the works are in the public domain so it doesn’t matter. The Russian example was also ruled to be copyright infringement even though the main character was a girl and various other aspects of the story didn’t exactly match up.