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Originally Posted by Moejoe
And also he was A.E. van Vogt, a not incosiderable giant within the field. I doubt very much that internet-writer number six million and one (i'm six millionth) would have even been listened to.
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I don't know the facts of that particular situation, but I'm going to take a wild guess that even a sci-fi author with a decent reputation and good sales has a fraction of the resources and legal firepower of 20th Century Fox.
The great thing about copyright, though, is that you don't have to be a "somebody" to have the full protection of the law. All you need is to copyright your creation, and if someone rips you off, the phone number of a half-way decent lawyer.
Simply because you aren't hearing about it on a regular basis doesn't mean it never happens.