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Dont get confused with Australia its an exception. It will enter the public domain after 2031, about 70-90 years after it was written (i dont remember the exact date). They just dont bother with kdramas cause they re not that popular internationally. Of course they are keen on keeping the copyrights as long as the law orders, it has to do with money and profit.After all My Dearest has not so many similarities with GWTW, just a slight inspiration of a love unrequited amidst war.

Up to now its unrequited. Yes the genre is pure romance centered, but i think it failed, judging from the length, i mean in the first 10 episodes the FL is in love with another guy and though she slightly looks like she wants the ML, the communication fails in a very epic way. Maybe in the second part we ll see them together i dont know, im very disappointed. I gues they wanted to make a heavy angsty romance amidst a war, but somehow they lost it midway

hm there are not that much political and historical elements to set up a pure political-historical drama in My Dearest. I mean its somehow contemned to be a romance drama at its core-though it failed on that aspectif you ask me. Maybe they started with high expectations to make an angsty love story and they lost it midways.
A social slice of life kind of, you said, it would be great. Its got enough stuff. But...whatever done is done!

There's no such thing, because there's no way Margaret Mitchell's copyright holders to search everytime is someone in S.Korea made a similar work. They wouldnt even bother. What do you mean "if the holders were that serious?" All copyright holders are serious but they bother only with very known works internationally-korean showbiz as much as it is famous, is not that famous internationally to even make a holder curious about.
As for the first thing you said, even when you own a cafe', the music you play on the cafe you have to pay a small amount each month as a tribute for the music in public (exception concern classical music and music over 100 years old. Im a lawyer and my previous job had to do exclusively with plagiarism cases and copyright infridgement. In my 18years in that position i saw that its of course impossible to catch every person that steals and copies something-there's no copyright police anywhere.
On the other hand, if the writher in My dearest, wanted to have a full copy, she would arrange to buy or "lease" the copyrights.
But My Dearest doesnt have that many similarities. There are also movies and dramas who have common things with GWTW, its sometimes inevitable or just "inspirated by".

There is hardly any romance. Only the ML obsessing over the FL while she is in love and pursuing her best friend s fiance in front of her eyes and while the ML is ready to even stop an ongoing war without telling her just so she lives safe and in peace

A few to 6-7 months maybe (the time from ML s death news to the officer s proposal )
Yeap the child s age is an indicator of how many years passed since the time she met the ML first time (counting a few months more or less)

Probably in the 2nd part they ll clarify more about the timeline

The timeline is quite clear if you take the maid s child as an indicator, about 2 years since the 1st invasion and

The time indicator is the maid's child who was newborn the exact day of the 1st invasion.
So even if the kid is 3yo now, the time of ML's "death" happened much later on.
I know that a drama can literally burn our brains, but let's chill a bit and do some math.

She supposedly has. I mean she heard that he 's dead and she really mourned for him.
But boom in a couple of months she gets married to a sh@tty guy just for keeping her family "secured" (which no one understood why and how they are secured).
The SML does not intefere. The ML is jealous but not of the SML. He is mostly shocked with her persistance to continue pursuing the SML even though he' is her best friend (and only friend)'s fiance.
Yes its so messy.

So very well said!
I 'd also support a character who stands to his/ her decisions sincerely.
I can never justify the pointless "sacrifice by showing cruelty"
Also, her vague idea about "family" is the same that ML hates: remember his unforgettable smirk in the woods, hearing the so called "patriotic" generals, trying to lead a bunch of soldiers to certain death?
And finally, i dont think she was lying when she wrote: i dont love and trust you enough to follow you. If that is true, then good for her, bad for the drama and the supposed romance.
They have no common values whatsoever.

There we go again. 3 years since the day of the 1st invasion.
some months after she heard about his supposed death.

3 years since the 1st invasion.
Only some months, from the moment she heard his supposed death. Why people are counting time like that?
3 years is the time period from the actual year she met him.

The news about his fake death were not 3 years ago but after going to Qing.

Of course THERE'S NOT A 2FL. At the end of part1, we see a hottie (btw with great chemistry with the ML) but im sure he will make her spit blood for daring to love him while he's facing death in each episode for the main FL.
(ML here is not just jumping hoops, he literally stops an ongoing war between 2 nations for her, maybe in part 2 he will stop the earth for moving i dont know. He is on another lvl, made to make the FL look horrible-in which part the writer gave her all, so that she does everything a monster could do)
The show will trend for many months and hit even higher rating, for all the wrong reasons.

As an original feminist who would gladly take away the right of speech (and write) from misogynists, racists, homophobics and other cuties), let me make something clear:
misogynism is to blame a woman for things that are related to her gender. e.g.
"Mary is an easy girl and cant be taken seriously cause she has multiple lovers"

Misogynism is NOT this:
"Mary has a crappy character, she is manipulative, shows no empathy, she treats people like sh@t, has no respect for anyone and lacks basic social manners"
I ve also read misogynistic comments here (and reported some of them) but the majority of the negative comments, come from people who are blaming the FL character (a fictional one)
for bad character traits and bad behavior etc.
I also find the FL's character very lousy written for reasons i ve explained in other comments here.
Im not a romcom fan, though i ve watched really a lot of them. Im mostly a fan of heavy dark kind of movies/dramas of any genre (even love stories who touch edgy taboo things and have awful endings) and wuxia oldies.
I wouldnt use the word: "hate" for a fictional character, but when i see a pattern that's often used in script writing, i recognize it immediately, thats why this drama didnt click for me after ep 4.

Romance non existent. Just a solo obsession and love/sacrifice from the ML
A major triangle from FL's side with another man for 2/3 and a bit more, of the 1st part.
Crappy ending of the first part.
Half the audience is dissapointed up to now
the other half is trying to justify the failure, the plot holes, the nonsense etc.

ehm not exactly. Plagiarism means that you present your work and the similarities are so many that one could easily be confused about the identity of the original work.
If what you said was right, who would be that stupid to just make a copy and sell it like that? What you described looks more like copyright infridgement, plagiarism is a bit different.
Plagiarism has a vague meaning, because it must conclude many cases of resemblance to the original work.
Of course GWTW is a very old and very famous work internationally, i doubt they have even heard of korean dramas, im just explaining the whole thing in a few words.
If someone goes to the court cause another person created something that holds big resemblance in many aspects with his work, then he can claim his rights.
Ten miles of peach blossoms is a good example of plagiarism if you want to understand how the whole thing goes.
The 2 stories had differences (the original web novel had a gay couple and some other different stuff) but the legal author made legal accusations. The case was "Frozen" back then-maybe they found a solution before gettint to court-as it happens in many cases by giving an amount of money as a compensation and also there' have been over 10 years since the whole thing and maybe the right to claim is expired

edit: and of course to be inspired is not ethically wrong. Its just when the similarities are so many that they confuse the audience and the resemblance is unavoidable, there it may be a case of plagiarism

1. Book and movie<2 different products. The holder of movie copyrights can still claim his rights no matter what happens to the book (i dont know details for gone with the wind movie-this is a general rule
2. Australia is an exception for the book. Korea is not

edit: with a quick search i found that both the novel and movie are still under copyright law until 2031 and if there wont be a renewal for a legal reason, it will turn to public domain

Margaret Mitchell is from Atlanta US. Dont they have copyright laws there?

Well that also means that the GWTW copyright holders will sue the My Dearest script writer