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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-01-28 03:06 pm

[ SECRET POST #1852 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1852 ⌋


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[identity profile] sparklywalls.livejournal.com 2012-01-28 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah I have a vague memory of that same interview. Hopefully CBS won't be so obvious and I do hope actually they can come to some sort of understanding (along the lines of, the BBC team gives it their blessing if they promise not to lift any ideas word for word, scene for scene.) At least the threat is out there so maybe that might make the CBS team give serious thought to it and who knows, it might turn out to be pretty good as a result.

The "which version is better" is probably inevitable, I'd hope it'd die down after a while. I like what some people up on the thread have suggested, if they mixed it up a bit and made it a female Sherlock or something that could be really awesome. There is a worry that if they did that and kept John male there'd be too much temptation to add in some UST, like there isn't plenty of that already with a female/male lead combination!

[identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com 2012-01-28 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
the BBC team gives it their blessing if they promise not to lift any ideas word for word, scene for scene

In fairness, some of the BBC's words and scenes come from canon (like some of the exchange between Sherlock and Jim at The Pool), so if CBS used them, as long as they did it in a different context, they'd just be following canon, not copying the BBC.
Edited 2012-01-28 21:58 (UTC)

[identity profile] sparklywalls.livejournal.com 2012-01-28 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Come to think of it, your comment reminds me I did kind of question what counts as copying/plagiarism when that interview was out because (for example) surely if you have a confrontation between a Sherlock and a Moriarty that involves falling off something, that idea has been done several times since the original. I guess the problem might arise if you have that Moriarty telling the Sherlock he has to kill himself or his friends will die and Moriarty has convinced everyone Sherlock is a fake. That could be classed as definitely too similar. Maybe it's not the greatest example but what I'm trying to say is, I know what you mean - I'm just curious how they'd gauge where the line is if it's something obviously inspired by original canon.

[identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com 2012-01-28 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, exactly. When two or more things are based of the same source or historical event, there are going to be similarities. So when does, "it's the same because of canon" cross over into "you're copying us!"? And heck, what about just independently coming up with the same idea? Irene being attracted to Sherlock is a good example: That's NOT how it happened in canon, yet at least a few modern versions have had that happen. Are they copying each other (I think the RDJ version did it before BBC Sherlock, for example), or did the writers just happen to think it was a good idea?

(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Speaking from a legal perspective, the only stuff BBC could sue over would be the entirely original content, which isn't much. Stuff like using texting and or putting Reichenbach fall on a building is not protectable. When the source material is public domain, it's very difficult to prevail in a plagiarism claim unless there's real, word-for-word plagiarism.

(Anonymous) 2012-01-28 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, I completely agree! We have more than enough male/female UST as it is (Bones, Castle... I'm not saying that this is bad, I do love it, but it'd be nice to see something different), but I'd like to see a female Sherlock and a female John... With or without the UST, but I wouldn't say no to non-fetishized UST and BAMF!Jane Watson!