I would be interested in an actual copyright lawyer's take on this. The use here, especially lightly rewritten as it was, seems de minimis, justifiable in sett

I would be interested in an actual copyright lawyer's take on this. The use here, especially lightly rewritten as it was, seems de minimis, justifiable in setting a scene derived from real events, and with no harm to the original author's reputation or livelihood. Maybe under other countries' law, a stricter permission regime applies, but for the US, it looks like a slam-dunk on fair-use grounds to me. I also prefer the spirit of the Noisebridge reply to Dreamworks [1] – roughly, "you should be embarrassed for even thinking you need to ask" – to copyright-maximalist freeze-frame nit-picking. [1] https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/DreamworksReply https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/DreamworksReply