Who I have to pay if I make Game/Music/Movie about monkey king (journey to the west)?
<p>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century
  during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So I wonder who I will have to pay license if I make Game/Music/Movie about monkey king (journey to the west).</p>

<p>I have tried to search around the internet for similar situations, but I can't find the answer. Similar situations are:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West:_Conquering_the_Demons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chinese_Odyssey" rel="nofollow noreferrer">A Chinese Odyssey</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grow_2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Grow 2</a></li>
<li>Oriental Legend (an arcade game I played when I was a kid)</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>No one</strong></p>

<p>There was no such thing as copyright law in 16th century China. Even if there was the product would have long since become public domain - the country with the longest copyright law in the world is MExico at 100 years after the death of the author.</p>

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