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Q&A Can a plagiarist sue one who plagiarized them?

Adding to the answer by @laurenipsum: Her answer applies also to an original that is out of copyright. For example, anybody can make any story they want using the original characters and setting f...

posted 9y ago by dmm‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:35:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/17474
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar dmm‭ · 2019-12-08T03:35:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
Adding to the answer by @laurenipsum: Her answer applies also to an original that is out of copyright. For example, anybody can make any story they want using the original characters and setting from Les Miserables, since that is out of copyright. The writers of Les Miz can't sue you for that (well, not successfully). But, if you use characters original to Les Miz, that's a different story. _(See what I did there?)_ The new characters in Les Miz belong to the writers of Les Miz, even though Les Miz is a total knock-off of Victor Hugo's book.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-05-28T13:02:19Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 3