Romeo and Juliet Book?

Question

If I were to write a book based on the story-line or having to do with Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', would it be considered copyright infringement if I display the book and Shakespeare in the story? Like an example: The girl's life is like going exactly like Juliet's life and her parents love the book or she reads the book or something.

Answer 1

i dont think that that would be a copy right infringement and even if it was he is dead so its not like you can ask for his permission

Answer 2

Well Shakespeare has been dead for centuries. I don't know if anyone owns the rights now. I doubt it would be considered copyright infringement since I'm not even sure it's copyrighted.

Answer 3

Well i would suggest you find out about the copy right on it but you can pretty much just say it is a modern romeo and Juliet or it was based on shakespeare's play. if you get it published the publicist will tell you if its legal.

Answer 4

There have been tons and tons and tons of books exactly like that.

West Side Story off the top of my head.

Be original.

Answer 5

Romeo and Juliet is in the public domain now, so you wouldn't run into any copyright infringement issues. I love modern takes on old stories, so good luck!

Answer 6

no, basically every story is based, in some way, on another book. there are a lot of other books that do that too.

Answer 7

The mention of the book itself wouldn't be a problem, but the girl's life you might need to some on-line searching to see if it fits into the guidelines