I think Ray is out of luck

Titles aren't copyrightable.


Moore Film Title Angers Author Bradbury

Sat Jun 19, 5:52 AM ET

By PAUL CHAVEZ, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES - Ray Bradbury is demanding an apology from filmmaker Michael Moore (news) for lifting the title from his classic science-fiction novel "Fahrenheit 451" without permission and wants the new documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" to be renamed.

"He didn't ask my permission," Bradbury, 83, told The Associated Press on Friday. "That's not his novel, that's not his title, so he shouldn't have done it."

The 1953 novel, widely considered Bradbury's masterpiece, portrays an ugly futuristic society in which firemen burn homes and libraries in order to destroy the books inside and keep people from thinking independently.

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Seems as though Ray did a little creating lifting of his own...

Posted by  Patrick Berry (not verified) on June 20, 2004 - 11:04am.

How about that. I knew of "I Sing the Body Electric" and "Something Wicked This Way Comes." Funny thing is, I heard of Bradbury's stuff before Whitman or Shakespeare's. Maybe that's where Bradbury's at with all this.

Still, I thought the man intelligent enough not to be issuing ultimatims that one can simply ignore. I mean, you don't even have to show up for court for this one.

Posted by  P6 (not verified) on June 21, 2004 - 1:26pm.