Here's a good article on "you stole my script" lawsuits.
It focuses on idea theft and California's "implied contract" theory that sometimes protects screenwriters making pitches. But usually doesn't.
It focuses on idea theft and California's "implied contract" theory that sometimes protects screenwriters making pitches. But usually doesn't.
https://twitter.com/BLaw/status/1363368112754741248
There are ways to protect ideas by *express* contracts. That's a nondisclosure agreement. They're accepted in many industries. But Big Hollywood probably isn't going to sign yours.
Also, New York courts haven't adopted the implied contract theory for film pitches. So whether you have any chance of protection depends, in part, on where you make your pitch.
Copyright is almost always a non-starter in these script-stealing lawsuits. Copyright doesn't protect ideas. So ideas are free to take. That's how we get movies.
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