I woke up one morning to see that the impossible had happened. A major corporation stole my student film. I've had countless students over the years ask, "How can I protect myself if a major studio wants to steal my student film?" I've generally answered with something like. "That's so unlikely to happen, I wouldn't even worry about it, but you are protected by copyright, so just register your projects and you'll be okay." While I still do think it's not something most people should worry about (if your student film really has an amazing mega-blockbuster idea in it, it's cheaper for the studios to hire you to make it, or just pay you off for the idea, than risk litigation), big companies stealing with impunity from students apparently does happen. Hilariously, it just happened to me. A multi-billion-dollar media company just stole my student film. Quibi was, at least on paper, for a few minutes, a multi-billion-dollar media company. And they just used my student film without permission. Not the idea (that would be much more complicated to prove), literally the footage from a project I made while a student. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 25 November, 2020