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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Implying there is no difference between derivative works and reimagining. Let me use another example- 100 years from now a creator has a great idea to release a story expanding Harry Potter to introduce a new school, idk.

Under your proposed system, this creator now needs to get a license, or build an entire off-brand wizarding world? You seem believe taking "inspiration" from public works is ok, while using or expanding the preexisting works is not. Meanwhile in reality all works are derivative of SOMETHING that came before it, and rights holders, while Potter is still under copywrite, will absolutely C&D my new movie "Jerry Plopter and the Warlock's Boulder", even though my story is "totally original" about Jerry's first year at Noxorth.

If you don't see the problem here I have to concluded you're either a trolling contrarian, or the type that votes to defund libraries.