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Ryffranck
Guest
Florida:
If I know of a successful series of children's books in which a child detective solves mysteries by having an incredible body of knowledge of trivia, and runs a detective agency, and I write new stories using a different character (different period in history, different gender, different town, etc.) but using similar length, tone, complexity of language, in which another child who runs a detective agency solves mysteries by having an incredible knowledge of trivia-is that copyright infringment? What's the litmus test? Does it matter if there is a similarity in name (e.g., the original character was called 'the Brain' and the new character is called 'the Computer')?
If I know of a successful series of children's books in which a child detective solves mysteries by having an incredible body of knowledge of trivia, and runs a detective agency, and I write new stories using a different character (different period in history, different gender, different town, etc.) but using similar length, tone, complexity of language, in which another child who runs a detective agency solves mysteries by having an incredible knowledge of trivia-is that copyright infringment? What's the litmus test? Does it matter if there is a similarity in name (e.g., the original character was called 'the Brain' and the new character is called 'the Computer')?