music-city-missy
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Seriously. Years ago I submitted an idea for a sort of gather round the table cooking/talk show - think it was the The Food Network but obviously someone left there, went to ABC and put my idea to work!!!
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I'm suing ABC, they stole my show concept - The Chew
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music-city-missy
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They even used the name I proposed in the closing of the promo
join us 'At the Table'.....
Such a rip off of my concept
join us 'At the Table'.....
Such a rip off of my concept
heather_in_sf
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It's such a dirty business... Awful.
michael-in-phoenix
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If you have proof of the submission and the date, you may have a case.
music-city-missy
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I'm not serious about suing but I did submit that idea to someone years ago smileys/smile.gif
Just proves I DID have a good concept - of course, I didn't have Mario Batali in the mix but I think I could definitely do as good as whoever this Clinton Kelly is!!! And I wanted not just professional chefs but also people like you coming and sharing. My whole thing is that the best conversations and everything take place in the kitchen and around the kitchen table. It's where we share stories, we laugh, we cry, we grieve.
Just proves I DID have a good concept - of course, I didn't have Mario Batali in the mix but I think I could definitely do as good as whoever this Clinton Kelly is!!! And I wanted not just professional chefs but also people like you coming and sharing. My whole thing is that the best conversations and everything take place in the kitchen and around the kitchen table. It's where we share stories, we laugh, we cry, we grieve.
steve2-in-la
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You could have registered the idea with the Writer's Guild by writing up the idea, mailing it in
to them for registration. When they returned it,stamped with the date, you'd then have proof that it was your original concept. Barring that, you and the other 5,000 people who ALSO had the idea have nothing but bragging rights.
By the way, studios and production companies never really look at unsolicited materials for that very reason so chances are, they never even saw your submission. Consider it a case of brilliant minds thinking alike.
to them for registration. When they returned it,stamped with the date, you'd then have proof that it was your original concept. Barring that, you and the other 5,000 people who ALSO had the idea have nothing but bragging rights.
By the way, studios and production companies never really look at unsolicited materials for that very reason so chances are, they never even saw your submission. Consider it a case of brilliant minds thinking alike.
michael-in-phoenix
Well-known member
Remember the 'poor man's patent'. When you want a date stamp on something...
...you've come up with, write it up, put it all in a sealed envelope and take it to the walk-up counter at the post office. Have the postal clerk hand-cancel the package and then mail it to yourself. Don't ever open the package unless you are handing it to a judge in a court of law. Let him/her open it.
Then, if you 'go out' with the idea, you can prove when you actually came up with it.
Michael
...you've come up with, write it up, put it all in a sealed envelope and take it to the walk-up counter at the post office. Have the postal clerk hand-cancel the package and then mail it to yourself. Don't ever open the package unless you are handing it to a judge in a court of law. Let him/her open it.
Then, if you 'go out' with the idea, you can prove when you actually came up with it.
Michael