notes

 

✅ What this chunk adds (important, not analysis yet)

• Citation to Joel Hollingsworth, Hastings Comm/Ent L.J. (2001)

• Explicit reliance on subconscious copyright doctrine

• Quotation from Sheldon v. MGM (2d Cir. 1936)

• Key legal triad:

  1. Certain access

  2. Practical identity

  3. Low temporal remoteness

• Tight timing between Spring 1997 letters and Oct. 17, 1997 release of Devil’s Advocate

• Crucial distinction:

  • Novel = cafeteria cook

  • Film = teacher

• Clear statement that Joe / “Joe” character committed no wrongdoing, reinforcing misattribution theory