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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8654875" data-attributes="member: 177">The most creative, in terms of quantity, or quality?We already have more creative works, in quantity, than can be be consumed by the market.&nbsp; And you've not established that League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, for example, is specifically more creative than an original work.It is important to note that the original main focus of copyright was not fiction.&nbsp; The first copyright law in the US was &quot;The Copyright Act of 1790, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of Such Copies&quot; (emphasis mine).&nbsp; And there was a term limit on copyright not to allow creation of new fiction, but to encourage creativity in “science and the useful arts”.In the sciences, one must base new work on old.&nbsp; In fiction, that's not really necessary.&nbsp; You may like it, but it isn't necessary to be creative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8654875, member: 177"] The most creative, in terms of quantity, or quality? We already have more creative works, in quantity, than can be be consumed by the market. And you've not established that League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, for example, is specifically more creative than an original work. It is important to note that the original main focus of copyright [I]was not fiction[/I]. The first copyright law in the US was "The Copyright Act of 1790, An Act for [I]the Encouragement of Learning[/I], by Securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of Such Copies" (emphasis mine). And there was a term limit on copyright not to allow creation of new fiction, but to encourage creativity in “science and the useful arts”. In the sciences, one must base new work on old. In fiction, that's not really necessary. You may [I]like it[/I], but it isn't necessary to be creative. [/QUOTE]

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