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Copyright queery

posted 18 years ago by gr_film
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The title and setting ofthis film is the same as a film I had been making since 2002, how exactly does that work?

[–] PDB82 18 years ago

It might not affect your film as you can't really copyright a title as it's a word or a sequence of words. For example there are already other films called Wilderness.

[–] MrZoolook 8 years ago

Try telling that to the makers of Candy Crush, "King".

They've managed to copyright the word Candy so it can't be used in the title of any other companies games.

[–] mdsmith101 18 years ago

Well, the title is not a trademark deal, so anyone can make a film and call it Wilderness. Other films, like Jurassic Park, have the title trademarked so other people can't use it.

As for the setting, coincidence. Now if your film has the same premise, names, etc as this film, then maybe there'd be something there.

When you finish your film, don't forget to nail down the copyright, otherwise it'll end up in Public Domain.

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