Warner Bros. Buys Reddit Short Story…But Who Really Owns The Content?
Author James Erwin scored big when he sold the movie rights for "Rome, Sweet Rome," a series of short stories that he wrote on Reddit.com about a group of U.S. Marines that travel back in time to fight the Roman Empire, to Warner Bros. But the deal, which Warner Bros. is referring to as “exclusive” brings up a lot of questions about who really owns the content and whether Erwin really was in a position to sell.
Author James Erwin scored big when he sold the movie rights for “Rome, Sweet Rome,” a series of short stories that he wrote on Reddit.com about a group of U.S. Marines that travel back in time to fight the Roman Empire, to Warner Bros. But the deal, which Warner Bros. is referring to as “exclusive” brings up a lot of questions about who really owns the content and whether Erwin really was in a position to sell.
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