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Yakk · 09-05-2005, 10:39 AM

I disagree.

We all stand on the shoulders of giants. Most of these giants are from so long ago we do not realize that what they created was created, and we are just stealing their ideas. Beat, rhythm, harmony, fuge. The chorus, the rising action, the epilogue. The Epic Cambellian Hero in Star Wars.

Creativity exists, but creativity is just as valuable, and usually more beautiful, when it exists without the obligation of recreating everything from scratch. The ability to draw on others creativity does not diminish mankind, but ennobles it. That is what culture is -- the creative detrius that we swim in.

Alan Moore stole Superman for his comic. I'm pretty certain that the owners of the Superman comic would have loved to have the ability to prevent Alan's comic from existing, and to kill his story stillborn.

Copyright, beyond the minimium required to encourage the act of creation by the owner of the copyright, is an evil. As such, the resale of modified versions of your creation is a good thing. If you can modify someone else's art, and add value to it (proved by selling it for more than you bought it for) in the meanwhile, you deserve the reward of your improvement.

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Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	I disagree. We all stand on the shoulders of giants. Most of these giants are from so long ago we do not realize that what they created was created, and we are just stealing their ideas. Beat, rhythm, harmony, fuge. The chorus, the rising action, the epilogue. The Epic Cambellian Hero in Star Wars. Creativity exists, but creativity is just as valuable, and usually more beautiful, when it exists without the obligation of recreating everything from scratch. The ability to draw on others creativity does not diminish mankind, but ennobles it. That is what culture is -- the creative detrius that we swim in. Alan Moore stole Superman for his comic. I'm pretty certain that the owners of the Superman comic would have loved to have the ability to prevent Alan's comic from existing, and to kill his story stillborn. Copyright, beyond the minimium required to encourage the act of creation by the owner of the copyright, is an evil. As such, the resale of modified versions of your creation is a good thing. If you can modify someone else's art, and add value to it (proved by selling it for more than you bought it for) in the meanwhile, you deserve the reward of your improvement. __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.