Quoted from LC https://www.salon.com/2014/08/.....ble_literary_empire/ Seems he 'borrows' heavily most of his stories from the web i.e. urban legends - Bloody Mary etc. Oh, and Kham, don't buy the book and add to his coffers. Seems most are free iBooks bookstore, nearly all of Von Stoller's works will cost you nothing.) and to quote: Most of the reviews there are just as harsh. "This is probably the worst written short story that I have ever had the displeasure of reading," one reader wrote of "Rise of the Zombies." "I read this in under five minutes," wrote another. "A child could have done it. In fact I think a child did do it."

Poor guy, lol.

Well Im more than sure then its not from me. Mine was so much better!
But seriously, no I left all the thoughts about the steal after Don mentioned the copyright. So you wont see me getting his books)
But thanks)

I still think its good to be on your guard since it did bring up the results once but leveling my accusations is a pretty good idea in this case.

It sucks to see something VERY similar yet it happens all of the time. The Shape of Water... think Guillermo DT was accused of stealing that story.. think it went to court and didn't go anywhere though... but it had a cleaning lady that falls for a gilled creature... some of the scenes are almost identical to the movie scenes.


And there are countless accusations that we never hear about as well...

One of my stories, The Eulogy, that was reviewed on SS I believe was taken and rewritten. It was made as "The Last Word" ... and has made over 4 million dollars thus far. JB, my indian friend, took all my copyright stuff to his attorney. He was going to go after them for me... because he watched the movie and he was at one time going to film my story The Eulogy. The attorney said we had enough but at this point in the game we would never recover enough money to make it worth it. He did say had we caught it when it came out of Sundance and got direct DVD distribution, he would have slapped a cease and desist on them ... and then they would not have been able to make money without cutting me in. The characters(3 of them were exactly the same)..the story was almost exactly the same... and they even had two scenes that were identical. No way that can happen out of the blue. Plus the guy had never written a screenplay in his life. AND had nothing on imdb.. not even a  short. SUCKS but it happens a lot. We just chalk it up and write something better and keep pushing up that mountain.

Quoted from khamanna Mine was so much better!

I hear ya'.  Sure in the hell was... but we're not joshing.  Now, back to my own writing! lol-Andrea

Sorry, Dena.

Wow Dena, sorry to hear that. Now that really sucks!! Such a sad story.

It's a really low thing for someone to do.
I've only posted one script but I think someone used the title "The Reachable Moon" for their erotic Hannibal fan fiction.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16310357?view_adult=true

I'm just annoyed they didn't go with "The reach-around moon".

Sam

Titles are rarely subject to copyright. Titles cannot be stolen.

I'm glad in the end it seemed he hadn't stolen your script but this particular case highlights how bad self-publishing has become. Some companies have made it so easy, with zero quality control, than anyone can publish anything no matter how badly written or if the idea is stolen.

Drac's collection is atrocious. Terrible covers, lame ideas and badly written plot summaries. Check this one out:

"Nestled upon a mountain top in 1590, what the villagers called the Castle of Death was the castle of Drac Von Stoller. Drac, being a blood lover, met a countess by the name of Erzsebet Bathroy, who would be later known as The Blood Countess who killed 640, that he took a liking to."

Wow! I can't wait to read this!

Most of his stories are only a few hundred words. On some sites they are available for free download, on others he charges. In the one you listed, he is charging $5.95 for a 2-page short story!

Anyway, I don't know if anyone has stolen my stuff. I share the name with a famous cyclist and he gets more matches on google than I do so all I ever uncover when I search for myself is which race I've recently won.

Jeez, Dena. That's outrageous.

Stealing a short is one thing, but a feature?

I would have still gone after him, even if it had cost me money - more for the principal of the thing, let the lawsuit stain his name and to let him know that this is not acceptable.
But then again, I am stubborn and can hold a grudge for a long time lol

Quoted from DustinBowcot Titles are rarely subject to copyright. Titles cannot be stolen.

Short phrases (which includes most titles that don’t involve three billboards outside a small town) are almost impossible to copyright. Lots of occasions when unrelated songs end up with the same title, and that even occasionally happens with films.

But if you try to put the words “Star Wars” or “Star Trek” in your title then the trademark litigation will arrive so quickly you’d swear there was a time-warp or Jedi precognition involved.

Quoted from FrankM But if you try to put the words “Star Wars” or “Star Trek” in your title then the trademark litigation will arrive so quickly you’d swear there was a time-warp or Jedi precognition involved.

I think because title and trademark are two entirely different things.