Firstly Warner were like, "ummm... You know Harry Potter? Cool, court's this way. We'll bring beers (for celebrating (when we win the case))"
Indian court was like, "guys, come aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhn. It's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. Forged aboud id."
Then, it turns out the plot is basically Home Alone, so now they are going to sue.
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God I hate when people are all "There are only SEVEN movie plots." So what, Home Alone is one?
Home Alone writers will lose.
Remember how Adam Sandler and 'The King of Queens' remade the 'Aussie Fags in Outback' movie that the Crocodile Dundee guy did?
No problem; can't copyright a plot - you can't copyright an idea.
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However you CAN copyright the execution. There was a movie in 1983 called 'Attack!' or something that had a few scenes that copied 'Jaws' shot for shot.
They were in breach: the issue was that they copied not only the idea (which is fine) but the execution (which is not fine).
It's called the "it's *legally* OK for 'Family Guy' to exist" rule.
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