Famous Court Cases

FAshionPassion asked:


I just read a court case in my class about how this movie (famous) pretty much STOLE the storyline of this book. Yeah the book wasn’t in print. i even tried to look for it on amazon and didn’t see it. I think the people pretty much took everything the plot, location, storyline, even a couple of names.

How can that happen and I’m writing my own stories for a small magazine. I know it’s a great couple of stories but how can i protect them from someone taking them? (I know i sound like i’m all that I know, but say this was J.K. Rowling and she wrote and self published a small print run of a magazine and Harry Potter was one of the stories. Just saying hypothetically. what should you do to protect yourself)