[UA] Occult Hoaxes (old thread with multiple titles--you all know what I'm talking about)

[Cassady Toles]

On Thu, 10 May 2001 16:19:26 -0400, ua at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:
  
  Simple.  First, you never entered into a contract with anyone for that
  movie.  You simply claimed you'd be willing to pay for it.
  
  Two, it doesn't exist.  If they make it, it's obvious it's not the
  version you were looking for.  :)
  
  I'm pretty sure you can't just send someone something and say they owe
  you money.  If so, expect a chewed up pen cap worth $200 in a few days.
  
But you put in a written medium that they have record of the desire to
purchase something.  If they can furnish it, you do have an obligation,
legally speaking.  So when you say, you couldn't have it, it doesn't exist,
they then have a reason they can sue you.

The other issue.  The porn industry cranks out tens of thousands of titles
per year.  What if your script is close enough to something that does exist
that they do have some reasonable claim?  Again, you enter nebulous ground.

I just don't think starting hoaxes and saying there's money in it is a good
idea.  It creates options for bad mojo...

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