In a unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel denied an appeal from Warner Bros. Television, which has argued that the two shows are unrelated.
“There are clear and numerous similarities between ‘The Pitt’ and ‘ER,” the court ruled, citing the emergency room setting, the fast pace, the medical jargon, the graphic depictions of injuries, and a young, incompetent doctor fresh from medical school. “We find the details here suffice for a prima facie case.”
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Ah yes and everyone at Warner Bros is intelligent and honest and would never, ever try to make money while bending the rules.
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I’m just bantering about a copywrite lawsuit about television shows. It’s not that big a deal lol
You’re coming at this really hard like Warner Bros are completely in the right and everyone else is super stupid. Which may be in this case, but I’m never one to give Warner Bros the benefit of the doubt.
Again, this isn’t about WB. It’s about art and copyright.
I mean, it’s also about Warner Bros since they’re the ones who had the contractual agreement with Crichton, but ok.
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Is Michael Crichton’s widow a faceless corporate entity?
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We are capable of evaluating the court’s arguments, and they do seem to make a very poor case. The commonalitres listed by the court themselves are embarrasingly and obviously staples of hospital drama.
We’ll see what the court ultimately decides, but a loss is very likely and a win would be disastrous for almost every form of narrative art. The implications of owning an entire genre is copyright troll Nirvana. We’re right to have feelings.
No one’s criticizing you for having feelings about this. I’m just having a discussion.
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I bring evidence quite often, I source a lot of quotes and such. Just like I sourced my comment yesterday that you tried to twist into me attacking you when I clearly wasn’t.
Clearly I’ve upset you somewhere along the way enough for you to take a conversation about copywrite laws into personal attacks.
You make snide asides how interesting you find it that people have certain opinions. I think you’re kinda toxic and I am done.
I’m not picking sides. I’m just discussing the case and that this panel of judges did decide the shows were similar enough for this to move forward.