Re: So here's the situation, or rather dilemma...
Since you guys or gals have more experience this is what I never got about "IP" and Hollywood. Let's just take something famous -- OJ Simpson. What do I need to write a story about him since it's based on a real guy? Any book? But I can write a movie about a football player named MILK right that kills his wife too and go to trial -- and I don't need IP right?
If I read a story about a woman who say turned PINK after drinking only pink lemonade do I need to option that Vanity Fair article or can I just write a take off of that where a woman turns BLUE from only eating blueberries all day and night? I mean that is what confuses me.
That's what I don't get 99% of the time. I read things in news and that sparks an idea of how to make that real life situation into a movie. But I don't see why you need rights unless you're trying to make a movie based on a toy or board game or brand.
In other words -- why the hell did you need the article to write your story? Sounds like you probably didn't.
And if one writer and place options a big article, do all other writers just agree not to write a similar idea? I doubt it.
Since you guys or gals have more experience this is what I never got about "IP" and Hollywood. Let's just take something famous -- OJ Simpson. What do I need to write a story about him since it's based on a real guy? Any book? But I can write a movie about a football player named MILK right that kills his wife too and go to trial -- and I don't need IP right?
If I read a story about a woman who say turned PINK after drinking only pink lemonade do I need to option that Vanity Fair article or can I just write a take off of that where a woman turns BLUE from only eating blueberries all day and night? I mean that is what confuses me.
That's what I don't get 99% of the time. I read things in news and that sparks an idea of how to make that real life situation into a movie. But I don't see why you need rights unless you're trying to make a movie based on a toy or board game or brand.
In other words -- why the hell did you need the article to write your story? Sounds like you probably didn't.
And if one writer and place options a big article, do all other writers just agree not to write a similar idea? I doubt it.
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