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Does Warner Bros. own exclusive movie rights to a story posted on Reddit?
- krookoo 15y agoWhat about the guy who actually asked the question? this whole thing emerged in an askreddit thread in which someone asked what would happen if marines went back in time.
- icebraining 15y agoI'm pretty sure he doesn't get anything. Ideas aren't subject to copyright protection. Ditto for the people who made suggestions, unless Erwin copied text into his story.
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoRight. Writers are told all the time "I have a great idea. You write it and we'll split the money". I read of one writer's response "I know this boxer; you fight him and we'll split the money"
- Maxious 15y agoFor what it's worth, Reddit's general manager vowed not to interfere in this case http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljf4e/dear_reddit_i_do_not_think_that_ideas_that_are/c2t72e2?context=1 http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljf4e/dear_reddit...
- jasonkester 15y agoTook some digging, but as far as I can tell, this is the original Reddit thread in question: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k067x/could_i_destroy_the_entire_roman_empire_during/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k067x/could_i_des...