Copyright protection for fictional characters

Copyright protection is available to fixed expressions of fictional characters in literary, musical, dramatic and artistic works. Recognition of fictional characters as works eligible for copyright protection has come about in some countries with the understanding that characters can be separated from the original works they were embodied in and acquire a new life by featuring in subsequent works.

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