Ex-Bush aide claims `Swing Vote' stolen from him

Associated Press ^ | August 8, 2008 | SAMANTHA GROSS

[Berlin_Freeper]

A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie "Swing Vote" were stolen from him.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Hollywood is a den of thieves.

[tang-soo]

The late Art Buchwald made the same claim about the movie “Coming to America” (Eddie Murphy). Turns out he was right and sued I think for some pretty big chunk of change.

[yldstrk]

waaaaaaaaaaaaah

[Gay State Conservative]

So what damages will this guy seek? Fifty percent of the ticket receipts? $285.15?

[OCC]

Surprised anyone would claim this hunk of crap was their idea.

[1rudeboy]

There are ways to protect oneself in cases such as this (though I don’t care to look them up), and a presidential aide should be intelligent enough to do it. It will be interesting to see how the lawsuit plays out.

[paudio]

According to IMDB.com, Kelsey is not the author of the screenplay. It goes to Jason Richman and Joshua M. Stern.

[firebrand]

Intellectual property rights is an important part of a capitalistic system. If the guy is right, he’s not just a crybaby.

[firebrand]

But the guy sent the script to Grammer.

[firebrand]

If he sent two copies to the Library of Congress, with the form and payment, he might have a case. Disney might not have realized it was copyrighted.