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and Tolkien ‘ripped off’ old Norse mythology … 😉

I’d argue it was more ‘inspired by’. The original Rogue Trader was a mix of whatever Sci Fi or Comic books had inspired the writers.

The challenge is deciding when something is a ‘rip off’ and when it is a parody/inspiration.
There are very few original ideas, so if you dig deep enough you’re going to find that there was an earlier source that did the same thing.

It’s not always realistic to expect royalties for others using your ideas. The moment you quantify that you just know someone is going to skirt the line and abuse the heck out of it as well, because any industry lives by the abuse of rules like this.