OHMYFUCKINGGOD this is BRILLIANT! I am CRYING. Thank you!

Great idea. Except that’s not how copyright law works.

But I’m smarter and edgier and my ideas are better and I would have written this work first if only I had thought of it. Or been alive when it was written. Me, me, ME! And what I want!

Yoo bad for you. An author’s work should not be able to be changed just because YOU think you can make the work better, more edgy, whatever. Christ almighty, young people are so freaking ENTITLED. You’re so brilliant? WRITE SOMETHING.

THANK you foe being a voice of sanity here.

So you should be able to re-write books because authors, by writing, are “trying to completely control how the public views their work”?

You can’t just “tweak the writing” of a copyrighted work. You know - that’s what copyright literally means.

Ha ha ha yes - every work that was written before you were born was the work of a “hack” who “slavishly follows a formula” - and watch the use of “slavishly,” friend

So do you think a playwright’s work should be able to be changed? The playwright is just a conduit for oh-so-brilliant actors and directors? Because as a writer, I think that’s outrageous. It’s why I think fanfic is stupid. You wanna write? Write something. Don’t steal another writer’s work and decide you can make it…