• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Mostly seeing the appalling job some people have done adapting a former beloved character, or the inevitable NSFW adaptations.

    Imagine someone writing a story where, for example, Christopher Robin kills someone, and profiting from it? Would you be happy having your childhood memories of reading Winnie the Pooh tainted like that?

    • AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      Despite Disney’s best efforts I doubt rule 34 has spared Winnie the Pooh, and yet my childhood memories are just fine. I prefer the musical/tv movie version of Peter Pan with Mary Martin, but the Disney adaptation hasn’t spoiled my memory of it.

      Have you ever tried ignoring works you don’t like? Just go about your life and mind your own business, it’s actually quite easy.

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      11 months ago

      I understand, I don’t know exactly how I would feel if this scenario hapened.

      But regardless, I can’t control what people do with the characters I love, even the rightful onwner can defame a character I love, and they sometimes do (I’m thinking of detective pikachu, which I didn’t like, because of exactly what you are talking about).

      At the same time, some stories written by non-owner are amazing, and really extended my understanding or appreciation of a character, had they been prevented to write those because of copyright enforcement, I would never have had these great ideas and take on the characters.

      Maybe instead of preventing other people from writing stories about preexisting character they didn’t create, we could instead enforce that derivative stories must contain a disclaimer for people that want to avoid non-canon.

      Anyway, thank you for taking the time to explain, I’m really interested in how property (intellectual or physical) shape our society, and all point of view is interesting to ear and take into account.

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        11 months ago

        There would always be the option for an author, or their estate, to allow such a work.

        Clearly labelling whether a work was by the original author is only fair, of course.