This just thought just hit me...
What keeps people from stealing our ideas and publishing them?
I mean, it would bite hard if we worked so hard on our works, and someone steals them and copyrights it.
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Pretty Crazy wrote:I've often asked that question myself. I know I'm far from being good enough for someone to copy my writing. But what about if I have an original idea and someone just adapts it into their own book?
Karsten wrote:There is no copyright in ideas. Nobody owns them. All stories draw on the stories that came before. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Eragon, The Wheel of Time, The Sword of Truth and fifteen million other stories are all based on the same ideas. The reason those series are all famous is because somebody put years of blood, sweat and tears into the execution. Not because of any "original idea".
Pretty Crazy wrote:Karsten wrote:There is no copyright in ideas. Nobody owns them. All stories draw on the stories that came before. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Eragon, The Wheel of Time, The Sword of Truth and fifteen million other stories are all based on the same ideas. The reason those series are all famous is because somebody put years of blood, sweat and tears into the execution. Not because of any "original idea".
When you put it that way, it makes perfect sense. Guess you can never stop learning from asking questions, huh?
Thank you.
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