Re: How did we get the story?
- From: djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dorothy J Heydt)
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:08:14 GMT
In article <1214852220.224030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pan <pan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Dorothy J Heydt" <djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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(There was a court case over the provenance of the story in
_Ladyhawke_ that caused much merriment. The publicity people had
said in the advertising for that film that it was based on an old
medieval legend. The guy who'd written the screenplay sued,
saying that it was HIS story and HE had invented it and should
get the credit. He had Harlan Ellison testifying on his side,
and the defense brought in a lot of professors of medieval
literature who pointed out, among other things, that in the
Middle Ages there was no such thing as copyright and[(ut supra]
that if you did tell a new story you would claim it was old.
I forget who won. Doesn't matter.)
Edward Khmara (story witer; also wrote Enemy Mine) took his
complaint
to the Writer's Guild of America and won a monetary fine from
Warner Brothers.
The advertisment line wasm't removed.
Heh.
I would've loved to listen in on the proceedings.
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
.
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