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Hollywood vs. Sealand

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Monday April 02 2007, @08:13PM
Movies
In a slashdot posting titled "Hollywood vs. Sealand" on April 2 2007, I:
  - Made a movie proposal,
  - Asserted copyright,
  - Offered to license it,
  - Threatened possible infringement suits if such a movie is made sans license, and
  - Directed anyone wishing to license it to contact me by leaving a message in my journal. B-)

This journal entry is to receive such messages.
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  • You cannot copyright ideas.
    • pedant>
      Actually, by writing it down and publishing it publically available, it IS copyrighted - what I'm hoping you meant is that *registering* the copyright with the appropriate Government agency is rather more involved.
      endpedant
      • No. This particular expression of the idea is copyrighted, but it required no particular assertion to do that. The copyright came into being automatically as soon as the post was made. But he cannot copyright the plot itself. In other words, copyright or n