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Copyright infringement cases “used” to be a viable avenue for the struggling screenwriter that gets his/her work stolen by a studio. However, over the last two decades, the studios (and networks) have prevailed in all copyright infringement cases against them, most being dismissed at the summary judgment stage, before they are heard by a jury. In the current state of copyright law, those with great financial resources are the only ones that can protect their intellectual property rights. It appears that Copyright law has, for all intents and purposes, officially been laid to rest!