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Does that mean you could rewrite, say, Harry Potter from scratch without violating copyright?
by Ferret7446 3y ago
Does that mean you could rewrite, say, Harry Potter from scratch without violating copyright?
- lostmsu 3y agoYes, but unless you change names it would be a trademark violation.
- alexey-salmin 3y agoNormally that's the case even though at least one of those books was taken down based on (rather dubious imo) violation of rights on derivative works. It was never a verbatim rewrite nor a trademark violation. The Dutch court even proceeded to make a list of similar ideas between two books which I think is explicitly disallowed under the US version of the copyright law. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Grotter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Grotter
- thinkertraveler 3y ago( Not only that, even what they say it's russian culture and folklore, it's based on polish history and tales: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Łysa_Góra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Łysa_Góra )
- brookst 3y agoYes. There are numerous fantasy authors who make a living rewriting Lord of the Rings. Copyright protects the expression, not the ideas.