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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
So everyone should be okay with Disney's "ripoff" of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid"? 
Would iconic require the character to be more original? Or is it merely a popularity thing?
I withhold my vote until further clarification. |
There is a difference between acknowledging the source, as with The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast and just lifting the story with making reference to the source (in the hopes that you don't have to pay royalties).