Posted by mike field on October 12, 2004 at 10:55:50 from 203.166.84.149 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: E Nesbit posted by RichardG on October 12, 2004 at 10:40:58:
Ha. You touch on a sore point with me there, Richard. I'd rather you'd said "any of the versions of Buchan's 'The Thiry-Nine Steps.'" -- they just got progressively worse.
But I've learnt only reasonably recently that you can't claim copyright for a book title -- only for its content. Presumably the same goes for films too, in which case as a film-maker you can choose any famous title from literature that you like, write whatever junk pleases you as a film, and launch it under that title.
Good scheme -- ensures financial success.
(Cynical? Who, me....?)
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