Hollywood Plagiarism

This is a column written by a Hollywood insider that appeared in MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE. No doubt, you will all be alarmed to read that even as early as 1916, "plot-stealing" and other forms of plagiarism were in full swing.

A few weeks earlier, a California Representative had introduced an anti-plagiarism bill to Congress.

Click here to read about the Hollywood plagiarism game of 1935.