Reality Check Someone nicks your story. An author's nightmare.

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The first 700 words of Gone With The Wind

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Katie-Ellen

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Sep 25, 2014
UK
It happens. We've seen this scenario before at Litopia, quite close at hand. Once it was a very well known crime writer.

An author believes someone has basically nicked their story. And maybe they are quite well known. And possibly their suspicions are justified, too. But they gotta prove it.

Recent legal ruling and the bottom line, some story concepts are too general to be available for copyright protection


Zindel v del Toro Read here
 
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My fav book

The first 700 words of Gone With The Wind

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