ONLY your /version/ is capable of being copyrighted. The idea or theme of the work that has given up the copyright ghost is at large for whosoever will... B. At 17:02 08/13/97 +0000, you wrote: >Lets say I have just read a book. The characters were compelling. The >story was involving. Greater than great. It was visual. Seems like a >sure bet for a movie. Even better ... the book is in the public >domain. > >Six month later I have adapted the book into a first rate screenplay. >I start to market the script around H'wood ... everyone rejects it ... >and someday I find out Paramount is doing an adaptation themselves. > >Is there anything I could do to avoid this scenario; to protect myself >from other screenwriters/producers/studios in adapting the same book? > >Eric Lilleor >Danish Screenwriter > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite > ..."I played poker with tarot cards once, got a flush, and three people died!" ________________ http://transporter.com/bryan/punky/ \Cheap/ \Shades/ \___/ \____/ <---------- She's once, twice, THREE TIMES A LADY! ----------> ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite