I just found a movie for sale on Amazon.com.?

Question by shamyhay: I just found a movie for sale on Amazon.com.?
I just found a movie for sale on Amazon.com. It’s from an indy film company that I shot a short horror film that I wrote with. The full length film they are selling looks like it is from a script I sent them and based on the horror character I created in the short. The problem is, I haven’t heard from these people in over a year and a half. I had the script I sent them registered with WGA from before. What are my rights concerning this? What should I do about this?

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Answer by normobrian
It all depends on what releases you signed when you sent them the original.

Otherwise, if they just stole your idea, you’re out of luck. Ideas cannot be copyrighted. If they used a significant portion of your dialog, you would be entitled to royalties.

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