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i worked on a genuine script theft case, where we could prove true access to our client's orig. script. the email chain here is what feels
damning, legally. the weird thing about copyright infringement is if you can prove access + "substantial similarity" between the original and the copy, i believe intent to infringe kinda goes out the window. if you had access, and if they are close to identical on their face, courts deem it to be an infringement per se
V: Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ Accused of Plagiarism by ‘Luca’ Writer Mar 09, 11:07
Fair, but the timing will raise major questions {nm} Mar 09, 19:44
i worked on a genuine script theft case, where we could prove true access to our client's orig. script. the email chain here is what feels Mar 09, 22:30
(but at least from what Variety posted, they don't seem substantially similar, as a matter of law) Mar 09, 23:52
How so? The issue was raised with WGA in January. Can' know until he watched the movie. {nm} Mar 10, 08:14
Oscar mudslinging lasts past the voting deadline to get the maximum PR {nm} Mar 10, 09:22
So he should stay quiet? He waited until voting was over, so he cound share the Oscar. ;) {nm} Mar 10, 09:27
every working writer i've seen on twitter who have looked at the side-by-side agrees it's not even close to infringing Mar 10, 12:59
Yikes. {nm} Mar 09, 15:41