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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I realize this won't be a popular view, but I don't think you should be able to use, and profit from, a character someone else created, regardless of how long ago they were created. The original work becoming public domain, sure, but write your own characters.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

These down votes are lame. I disagree with you completely, but your opinion is still valid. I think after the original author is long dead, I'd like to see new perspectives breathing new life into old fictional characters. Otherwise, are you saying we can't make new stories about Hercules, Odysseus, Jesus, etc?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've got bad news for you about much of the history of human creative work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's a difference between getting inspiration from something, and downright stealing it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you by chance read Dante's Divine Comedy? Or Milton's Paradise Lost? Just to name two works that are widely considered Fucking Classic off the top of my head. Do you have much background in literature?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And are they not in the public domain?