[dredmorbius]

A flagged/dead reply notes a case of an unauthorised remake of a film getting wider distribution.

The original, Skeem, was released in South Africa in 2011. The knock-off, John and John, was released in Ghana in 2017. The latter was unauthorised. The writer, director, and producer of the original, Tim Green, opted not to pursue infringement claims against Kofi Asamoah, who produced John and John, as the cost would not be worth any possible recovery.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeem>

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_John>

@dierogeryoung: I'm not sure why your comments are flagged/dead, but that's a likely outcome if you're using LLMs to write/edit your HN content, which is suggested by your history. See: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336638>, <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48136536>, and <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated>.