Slightly related to this is a Stephen King's FAQ Question [1]. > Will you read my manuscript and tell me what you think? .... "There's another reason, and tha

Slightly related to this is a Stephen King's FAQ Question [1]. > Will you read my manuscript and tell me what you think? .... "There's another reason, and that's a legal one. I've been sued for plagiarism 8 or 9 times. Any writer who has deep pockets has been sued for plagiarism from time-to-time-that goes for J.K. Rowling, John Grisham, really everyone. For everyone who publishes best-selling fiction, somebody wants to think, 'Oh, he got that idea from me' and so it's just much easier and much safer to say I never read that book at all". I mean, out of hundreds of applications that they received, one idea slightly matching with what they were already doing is highly probable. It seems rather unlikely that a company leader would see an application and jump out of his seat to instruct his team to copy the idea without any credit. [1]: http://stephenking.com/faq.html http://stephenking.com/faq.html