Quote - > Quote - someone with the skills could cash in on

and get their asses sued off for copyright infringement.

 

Well - He wrote the original book in 1906 - so I am not sure about that?

Anyway - how many close matches to more recent stuff have we seen? Lots of Sci-fi stuff that bears a close resemblance to people and clothing, transport etc... from Star Trek, Star Wars, Alien(s), GoT, etc... is available, and not all as freebies!