Simplified

After my recent discussion on re-creation (二次創作), some of you may think I was extrapolating too far.

Quite true. In fact, there is a strict and confined definition of derivative work. For example, the United States copyright law states that a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major, copyright-protected elements of an original, previously created first work (the underlying work).

In other words, re-creation, including copying or adapting others' work in a creative mode. It is not plagiarism. In contrast, a derivative work is a project or creation that obviously uses an existing, widely recognized, work for deliberate modification.

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In that case, re-creation should not be banned.

Yes, even re-creation with a malicious intent should not be banned.

It is because, in the history of human beings, the most influential derivative work with, according to Humphrey Appleby, not always an entirely favorable consequence is, I'm afraid, the simplified Chinese.