On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:08:05 -0700, Rich Billionaire
Post by Rich BillionaireWhat you guys don't understand is that taking inspiration from others
and building on top of what they created while adding your own ideas
is an essential part of the creative process. And there is nothing
wrong with it! It's wrong to think that every creative product must be
100% original. Many artists try to make something 100% original and
they end up creating some bizarre, ridiculous crap. You HAVE to learn
from others if you want to be great and to make worthwhile creations.
Copying is the best way to learn. The great master painters of the
past learned by copying the paintings of other masters and went on to
make great new art of their own. But when the modern artists came
along, they decided not to copy anyone and to try to do everything
100% different and original. They ended up making utter crap as a
result.
"inspiration from others"...I like that line. "Inspired by" , try
THEAFT!
Here's a small sample below of your so-called "inspiration from
others"...
Alonzo Douglas v. Sony. Writer who submitted script titled Anaconda
to Sony says the new film of that name is based o his script.
Clockstoppers
Santa Fe Entertainment v. Paramount Pictures. The owners of a motion
picture screenplay Its About Time claim that Paramount Pictures
copied without authorization all aspects of their script in its
creation of the film Clockstoppers.
Patrick brothers v. Murphy. Pair of scriptwriters say their script was
the basis of hit film, "The Nutty Professor."
Tony Anthony, Howard Worth v. Universal, MCA. Two writers say
Daylight was based on their script, The Tunnel.
Lite Stone Entertainment v. DEJ Productions, Roses and Guns
Productions, et al. The owner of the motion picture screenplay
Jessies Girl claims the producers of the movie Gang of Roses
copied the plot and characters of the screenplay to create their movie
Donald Tavey v. Pierce Brosnan, Irish Dream Time. Writer says the
upcoming Brosnan film "The Nephew" bears "shocking similarities" to
his own "Wild Nights in Castleberry."
Chase-Riboud v. Dreamworks. Author alleges that film "Amistad" is
based on her book about the same historical incident.
Diane Johnson v. Mathieu Kassovitz. Writer alleges "Café Au Lait" is
based on her script.
Waid v. Disney. Former USN sub captain says his script was the basis
for Crimson Tide.
Hines, Jones v. Universal. Two writers say the script for Dantes
Peak was copied from a script they submitted in 1995
Laskay v. New Line, American Zoetrope. Writer who bought English
language rights to "Man Facing Southeast" says studios stole concept
and script.
Butler v. Wimmer. Writer sues collaborator who allegedly took
unfinished, co-written script, reworked it and sold it for own
benefit.
Michael Fry v. Estate of Sagan. Writer says he pitched script to son
of Carl Sagan, who sold similar script to 20th Century Fox.
Bernstein and Petersen v. Universal. Screenwriters allege the film
"Half-Baked" was based on their script.
Chapin v. Kushner-Locke. Writer says KL fraudulently induced him to
sign away his rights to a script called "Cutthroat."
Bloom v. Ferguson. Screenwriter accuses writer of Maximum Risk of
plagiarising from his script, Chain Reaction.
Margaret McKenzie v. Paramount et al. The film Lucky Numbers
infringes on the plaintiffs screenplay Money Trouble, suit alleges
Glenn Willis v. Disney. Among other similarities, three-year gestation
period for giant cockroaches is evidence Disney copied script
submitted with internship application in making "Mimic," writer
alleges
Masters v. Sony. A writer says the movie "Money Train" is based on the
screenplay Sony optioned from him in 1988.
Dennis Manuel v. New Line Cinema. New York writer, representing
himself, alleges that both "The Long Kiss Goodbye" and "Seven"
infringe on the same script, which he wrote in 1978-1980
Nick Villiers v. Eric Fellner et al. Writer says long-time friend and
producer used his ideas for a movie to be called "Cheeks" as part of
the hit "Notting Hill."
Gary Compton v. Disney, Bruckheimer, Bay et al. Author says Pearl
Harbor infringes on his romantic screenplay Pearl Harbor Love.
Linda Lukens v. Paramount Pictures et al. Series "Queen of Swords" is
based on scripts by plaintiff, but were made with neither permission
nor credit.
Grosso v. Miramax. Writers alleges the film "Rounders" was made from
his script, but he was never paid.
Faye Kellerman v. Miramax, Universal. Bestselling author alleges
"Shakespeare in Love" is based on her 1989 novel "The Quality of
Mercy."
Elena Mareno v. Miramax et al. New York woman alleges "White Man's
Burden" is based on her treatment and screenplay
Newsom v. Columbia Pictures. Author of 1985 Spider-Man script says
his material was used
in hit 2002 Spider-Man movie without credit or payment.
N. Barry Carver v. Paramount. Writer says the similarities of "Star
Trek: First Contact" to the script
"A Stitch in Time," which he submitted to Paramount in 1991, are
"bizarrely striking."
Mattson v. Protosevich, New Line. Writer says his idea and screenplay
for a movie about a female therapist entering the mind of a comatose
patient were used to make "The Cell."
Michael Alan Eddy v. Radar Pictures, Interscope, Warner Bros., WGA.
Writer who says he was first of six to work on The Last Samurai
claims the films producers
and the WGA prevented him from receiving the proper credit due to him
the other early writers
for their work on the project.
Mowry v. Scott Rudin, Viacom. Writer alleges that the movie The
Truman Show
is so similar to the screenplay he submitted to the defendants that it
must have been copied.
James Bass v. Lions Gate, Mandalay, Snoop Dogg.
Music video and commercial producer says rapper and film companies
based film The Wash on his script.
Howard, Beutler, Schlossberg-Cohen v. Danjaq et al. Baltimore
scriptwriters claim
latest Bond flick copied their script "Currency of Fear." We print
description of similarities in full.
Vicky Rocco v. Tamasy, Bell. Writer says her script was ripped off for
the new movie, "Walking Across Egypt."
Siemion v. NBC. Screenwriter claims that his idea for a reality show
touted as American Idol meets The World of Boxing, was knocked out
of
his grasp by industry heavyweights and presented to television
audiences
as The Contender.
TJ Johnson v. MGM. Writer believes that Barbershop infringes on his
original story about a Southside Chicago Barbershop. New Filing CD
California.
Bethea v. Burnett. Would-be reality show producer says The
Apprentice
was copied from his proposal for a series called C.E.O. starring
Donald Trump.
for more "inspirations from others"
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