Re: [videoblogging] CBS stole my videoblog? Help.

2007-09-20 Thread Steve Garfield
And that news director kid is borrowing heavily from Chris Farley. On Sep 20, 2007, at 1:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have you seen the promos for the new Fox show called "Back to You" > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5T1glOtNc it looks a lot like > Hayden Black's "Goodnight Burbank."

Re: [videoblogging] CBS stole my videoblog? Help.

2007-09-20 Thread Charles Iliya Krempeaux
Hello, Yeah... Verdi is correct... you can't "steal" an idea. Stealing requires you to (literally) take away, that thing they are stealing, away from the person who "owns" it. It's not possible to (literally) take away an idea from someone. You still have it in your head. You could say they "c

Re: [videoblogging] CBS stole my videoblog? Help.

2007-09-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think in Hollywood it's called "borrowing" and you are not the only one. Have you seen the promos for the new Fox show called "Back to You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5T1glOtNc it looks a lot like Hayden Black's "Goodnight Burbank." Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French

Re: [videoblogging] CBS stole my videoblog? Help.

2007-09-20 Thread Michael Verdi
BTW, about 10 years ago I had this great idea for a science fiction film done using only still photographs and then I found out that Chris Marker had stolen that idea back in 1962. :-) - Verdi On 9/20/07, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Matt, > Couple of things: > You can't own an

Re: [videoblogging] CBS stole my videoblog? Help.

2007-09-20 Thread Michael Verdi
Hey Matt, Couple of things: You can't own an idea so they couldn't have "stolen" yours. Also, I doubt its anything more than a coincidence. It looks like it's been developed by an outside production company and CBS bought it. I don't think they typically do those things on the order of weeks - it's

[videoblogging] CBS stole my videoblog? Help.

2007-09-20 Thread mdanzico
Hi everyone, I began my videoblog on September 15th of this month. The blog is based around people driving, housing, and feeding me for an 80 day trip around the country. 4 days into the project, I received an email from a friend in this group telling me to immediately check CBS's www.aroundthew