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LevyShorts t1_j1p0cls wrote

Reply to comment by mayorjimmy in Quentin Tarantino responds to Kanye West saying Django Unchained was his idea by PineBarrens89

Can't sure for an idea, because you can't copyright an idea. Ideas are always public domain. Only expressions of ideas are copyrightable.

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IndIka123 t1_j1p3bvr wrote

When people in the past have sued for a stolen pitch, it’s because they submit a script. If there was a script then yes your Could sue over an idea that was stolen if they read it, then used it and cut you out. However we all know Kanye didn’t write a script and he pitched a slave idea and thinks now he wrote Django.

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mayorjimmy t1_j1p12ze wrote

for those of us living on planet reality. unfortunately the US court system is fucked and we have to humor even insane dickheads so scumbag lawyers can make money. as long as he can find a lawyer willing to take his money it's still possible he might try it.

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29979245T t1_j1p6qbk wrote

A case where there's no evidence or the claim would be legally meaningless regardless can usually be thrown out by a judge without ever seeing a jury.

Which is the best way it could work, unless Planet Reality is the name of a supercomputing paper shredder that can stop stupid lawsuits from even being submitted to the legal system.

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mayorjimmy t1_j1p7444 wrote

> unless Planet Reality is the name of a supercomputing paper shredder that can stop stupid lawsuits from even being submitted to the legal system

oh man i WISH

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ShadoWolf t1_j1r7kkd wrote

Over turning something like "Scènes à faire" would utterly cripple media. Which would what have to happen to go from .. general vague idea to copyrightable

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