[analog8374]

Seriously. I recall a thousand hours of movies. Those memories sit in my head and I pay no royalties

[pluc]

Put what you recall on paper, turn it into a screenplay. Let me know how quickly you get sued.

[jimmaswell]

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

[badlibrarian]

Trillion dollar companies license.

[IcyWindows]

One could argue most screenplays are derivative.

[analog8374]

I heard somewhere there's like eight basic plots or something. and everything else is just an elaboration on that

[badlibrarian]

Hollywood has extraordinarily well-defined controls for keeping things legal and everyone in the chain compensated. Plus a separate Oscars category for it.

[badlibrarian]

True, they live in your head rent free. But if you produce a derivative work, you have to pay.

[stackedinserter]

Derivative work has a specific and narrow definition that's not applicable here. You don't have to pay anyone when you answer questions for money.

[badlibrarian]

OP says he has movies in his head and doesn't have to pay royalties. I told him that if he produces a derivative work, he has to pay royalties. Your comment doesn't follow, but I'll address it.

A trivia host doesn't have to pay royalties to ask questions, and the players don't have to pay royalties to answer them. If that turns into "movie night" at the bar then they have to pay royalties to screen the full film. If a professor plays clips in film class, he doesn't.

Your implication is that an LLM is little more than an brilliant film scholar or exceptionally well-read librarian, and that the matter is settled. The billions of dollars in play across a dozen active court cases say it isn't.