Let's talk about intellectual property rights

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@Little_Nemo

Are you still arguing about terminology? Why?
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There’s a common term for something you create in your mind. It’s called an idea.

IMHO, you’ve been getting a lot of pushback on your terminology because, in many people’s minds, there’s a huge and important distinction between ideas and the creative works that are generated from those ideas. This has been discussed in several threads, such as this one:

You've got a story idea, but you can't write....

What do you do if you’ve come up with an interesting idea for a story, but you couldn’t write your out of a paper bag??

@RealityChuck

Most authors can’t go to a party without someone coming up to them and saying “I got this great idea for a book. Why don’t you write it and we’ll split the profits?” Polite writers say “No, thanks.” Impolite writers laugh.

Many people think the idea for a story is the most important part. It’s not. Anyone can come up with an idea that could make a good story, but the matter of execution is something else entirely. A writer has no trouble coming up with ideas and doesn’t need help. It’s the writing skill that turns the idea into a story, and the idea is only about 2% of that.