In GO, the threeway, the strippers and the burning hotel room all happened – at different times, to different people – but in stringing them together, I created a fictious work that is not really “based on actual events.”
Rights and Copyright
Finding the rights
Sometimes an attorney should be your first stop on the search for rights.
Stealing sequels
If you feel like writing a remake be prepared to approach the original studio first. Know that, If they don’t want to make it, and no one else is willing to buy the rights from them, you’re screwed.
Registering ideas
Only written, detailed ideas can be registered and protected.