Comments on: IRIS served with plagiarism suit

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By: javabeans

javabeans — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:25:14 +0000

Who said I’m brushing anything under the carpet? Perhaps you’re not reading my statements clearly.

The idea of a spy story is not a copyrightable idea. The idea of a spy story is up for grabs for anyone to express using whatever specific settings, characters, and plot developments as s/he chooses to do so. Hence James Bond and IRIS and Alias and the Bourne Identity and, hey, Get Smart to boot.

The specific content of a specific spy story, on the other hand, is absolutely copyrightable. Certain characters, scenarios, relationships, events. You steal those, and you’ve committed theft of intellectual property.

Honestly, I don’t even see why you’re arguing with me. I’m staunchly against plagiarism, don’t condone ripping off a book to make a hit drama, and absolutely contend that the contents of a book are copyrighted by its author. What I said still stands — you can’t copyright an idea, a concept, or a title.

But why should I bother arguing with you? The U.S. Copyright Office explains it so clearly:

How do I protect my idea?
Copyright does not protect ideas, concepts, systems, or methods of doing something. You may express your ideas in writing or drawings and claim copyright in your description, but be aware that copyright will not protect the idea itself as revealed in your written or artistic work.

By: sean

sean — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:53:24 +0000

the writer linked his statement ‘you cant own an idea’ to the novel and TV series in question. Obviously, this novel is covered by a copyright. The idea of the novel (characters, plot, and other elements of the novel) is indeed owned by the auhtor of the novel. HEY, STOP BEING SO KOREAN by trying to brush everything under the carpet. This is not a new phenomenon in Korea. It is theft, why don’t Koreans see this? Low morals, perhaps?

By: javabeans

javabeans — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:14:24 +0000

Copyright refers to a specific right over intellectual property in regards to its usage, distribution, publication, etc. You cannot own a basic idea. There are a million and one ways to express an idea — the specific way in which one chooses to do so, within a copyrightable format, is protectable by law.

By: sean

sean — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:08:26 +0000

why do all koreans need to resort to plagarism? also, the writer says, ‘you cannot own an idea’. this is ridiculous….of course you can, it is called COPYRIGHT.

By: IRIS charged with plagiarism | 88news

IRIS charged with plagiarism | 88news — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:33:44 +0000

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By: soon2soon

soon2soon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:25:07 +0000

somewhat of a tangent here… but I’ve just recently started IRIS. ep 3 where TOP gets his first big scene, it’s almost a scene for scene re-enactment of the opening sequence in the Professional, aka Leon. i’m a big fan of the movie, and some of the similarities were unmistakable.

i wonder if that falls under plagiarism, or if it can be considered an homage?

By: refresh_daemon

refresh_daemon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:34:22 +0000

I haven’t seen IRIS at all, but I have seen the movie 쉬리 (Shiri) and it seems like, after reading a brief description of the series and the novel, they all share a lot of similar plot points, even if the story details aren’t precisely the same. But I wouldn’t be able to say it’s plagiarism or not without reading both the novels and watching the series. I suppose it’s up to the courts to decide.

By: emeldy

emeldy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:57:25 +0000

It could be a rip off from the novel or whatever, am enjoying Iris a lot, but no doubt it have a lot of cliche. If you are making a movie or drama involving south korean nuclear ambition, you are gonna have a north korean angle. Is that not obvious. I really don’t wanna read Kim’s novel. It’s fun watching all the bang bang boom but to read it and feel the excitement ……….. i’ll let that pass.

By: Agent Darwin

Agent Darwin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:55:50 +0000

It did not suprise me because i was wonder how the scriptwriter of IRIS was able to improve himself so much in terms of the sophistication and complexity of the plot, as compared to what he did for Air City . This requires a real paradigm shift in thinking process, creativity as well as having a good understanding of the emotional state of minds of the spies and politicians, than just the ability to write.

Hehe…afterall IRIS is indeed a copycat Meow-Meow job…nevertheless, the PD was able to execute it well, albeit colluding with the scriptwriter, I presume to cover the truth!!