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I've heard many times that copyright of scripts in Hollywood is easily circumvented, as you can't protect a plot, only the specific words.
by jonlucc 11y ago
I've heard many times that copyright of scripts in Hollywood is easily circumvented, as you can't protect a plot, only the specific words.
- anigbrowl 11y agoFor sure, but there's a lot more to a film than the plot although if a copy of a plot was too exact one would likely run into problems, depending on how a jury felt about it. I wouldn't feel safe (or justified) taking the script of an existing movie and just rewriting all the dialog, for example. I came across a good, if somewhat dry, article summarizing the current state of play as regards this: http://www.law360.com/articles/591491/plot-thickens-for-screenplay-infringement-cases http://www.law360.com/articles/591491/plot-thickens-for-scre...
- elinchrome 11y agoThat exact scenario happened with the film "gravity". http://www.tessgerritsen.com/gravity-lawsuit-affects-every-writer-sells-hollywood/ http://www.tessgerritsen.com/gravity-lawsuit-affects-every-w...
- anigbrowl 11y agoThat's very interesting, although the page itself points out that it's a breach of contract issue at heart rather than a straight copyright one.
- throwaway9324 11y agoIt's still a copyright issue. Despite what people like yourself say, copyright doesn't do a very good job of protecting creators.