[PostOnce]

Except games are an interactive medium, and watching someone else play isn't the same as listening to someone else read a book.

[brador]

The final product would not exist with either part missing.

[PostOnce]

Now comes the argument about derivative vs transformative works.

This is not as black and white as you guys are making it out to be.

[brador]

Transformative works is a bandaid because we have no better solution to apportion how much value each party brings to the table.