Another Writer Claims Hannah Montana as His Own

[flutesinger262]

edit: crap wrong section

lol, wth is with all these people suing disney over this. isn't this like the 3rd case?:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b81291_another_writer_claims_hannah_montana.html
How many people came up with the premise for Hannah Montana, anyway?
Another writer (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b57127_Hannah_Montana_Suit_Something_to_Talk_About .html) has filed a lawsuit claiming he pitched the original script for what ultimately became the hit Disney Channel series starring Miley Cyrus (http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=8ff16b0c-8d19-4c03-a87b-58715916d01b) about a so-called average teen who moonlights as a pop star.
Per the complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by TMZ.com (http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/28/writer-claims-hannah-is-his-baby/), Richard Fronduto maintains he penned a script in 1990 titled The Secret Life of Sindi (never mind that that sounds like porn), which later was retitled Family Business.
His agent pitched the idea—which also featured a single dad who acts as his kid's manager—to Disney, Fronduto says, which in turn liked it so much that the network requested a draft for a two-hour pilot.
Sometime later, according to his lawsuit, his brainchild birthed Hannah Montana.
Fronduto is seeking unspecified damages, as well as a "created by" credit on all future episodes of the hit cable series, now in the middle of its third season.
Disney has not yet responded to the suit, but ABC Cable Networks denied any wrongdoing when comedy writer Buddy Sheffield sued in 2007, claiming he pitched the Hannah premise in 2001.

[love123]

they all want to claim HM as their own cus of how BIG the show is.
Those ppl are just $$$$

[dontwalkaway]

hahaha "the secret life of sindy" that DOES sound like a porno
also, sindy- wtf? who spells that with an s? but anyone who think cindy is the best name they could come up with isn't all the ingenuitive anyway i suppose.

[NancyDrew]

Yes. Why don't the just sthu. Really. It was one thing for the first person but now EVERYONE is claiming this.

And yeah, it does sound like porn. That would be a hit.

[Lynnaque]

~and another one bites the dust

[RoXtar]

heck i could claim it as MY own. i literally came up with an idea for a show/movie like that about a month before i saw the first HM commercial. when i saw it i was like "OMG HOW WEIRD I THOUGHT OF THAT THE OTHER DAY!" lol :P

[dontwalkaway]

THEY TOTALLY RIPPED THE FLY ON THE WALL VIDEO OFF OF MY IDEA
just sayin

[apogeum]

There will always be ideas that seem "similar", sometimes people have the same ideas it doesn't mean that they're stolen.

In fact I remember me writing a fantasy script where Miley was pulled over by a cop and had a license under the wrong name. Did I sue Disney for stealing an idea? No I did not :P.

[BuickNamedMiley]

In fact I remember me writing a fantasy script where Miley was pulled over by a cop and had a license under the wrong name. Did I sue Disney for stealing an idea? No I did not :P.

I think I read that on fanfiction.net lol. It's like that Britney Spears song, everyone wants a peice. A normal girl who is secretly a pop star was probably an interesting idea for many year before Disney finally got it right and did it. And ''Sindi'' Only porn stars spell it like that.

[SeSaSe]

Everyone of the outfits that Hannah wears were stolen from my design book. I should just go to the set and rip them off of her.:)

[Nelliephant]

It's insane that people think they'll actually get away with it. Let's face it, the show's premise isn't the most original idea ever (though these days, what is?) so as you've all pointed out, people are going to come up with similar ideas, doesn't mean it's stolen.