alt Hacker Newshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin
The argument, as I understand it is that the "theft" is in quotes because it's not literally copyright infringement, but fair use of an old public-domain folk tale that ends up consuming the latter.
Today, when kids know "Aladdin" they know the copyrighted/trademarked Disney character, not the traditional folk tale- that's the "theft" that happened.
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khuey • today at 4:30 PM
If you subscribe to any concept of the public domain this is surely in it.
altmanaltman • today at 5:11 PM
Would most kids around the world even know Aladdin if it wasn't for the Disney copyrighted movie?
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Doesn't this mean that anyone can make a competing Aladdin story, though? Since they don't own the source IP?