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The original post's point goes beyond mere recognition of authorship. Copyright effectively grants creators control over their work's reproduction, distribution
by mdb77 3y ago
The original post's point goes beyond mere recognition of authorship. Copyright effectively grants creators control over their work's reproduction, distribution, and adaptation. However, the idea of someone falsely claiming authorship of works like "Romeo and Juliet" or "Harry Potter," even without copyright laws, historical evidence and publishing records would easily prove authorship. But this isn't the point of the original discussion.
- warrenm 3y agoApparently you missed my point entirely when using those examples - I could have picked any arbitrary item that was created by someone else and claim ownership/creatorship In the end, it comes down to a "he said, she said" problem - especially given, for example, 2 of those 3 were published within my lifetime Lawsuits arise all the time over creation rights (eg the lawsuit against Zuckerburg over who "actually" created Facebook) - so no, mere "historical evidence and publishing records" are not sufficient on their own to determine creatorship