After receiving my script
the most unique and creative new comedy concepts that were in my script appeared in two different Seinfeld episodes.
In the 1990's my legal research in Canada and in the United States very clearly demonstrated that members of the general public (such as myself) virtually never succeed in court against entertainment industry celebrities in a case of wrongful use of script or story or book material. I was advised by an American lawyer who has tried cases against celebrities for wrongful use of material, that juries and judges are equally enamored with the celebrities and want to be (in their minds) friends with the celebrity and they cannot accomplish that by going against the celebrity in court. I do not know whether or not that was an accurate explanation for celebrities virtually always winning in court against the public, but the statistics were clear, my chances of winning against Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David in court were statistically virtually zero.
In 1998 I wrote to The Seinfeld Show, they did not respond. I wrote to The Seinfeld Show's lawyers, they did not respond. In my experience as an attorney, lawyers do not respond when their client does not want to say anything in writing because they know they are guilty and hence don't want to put anything in writing. If they deny clear facts, then they can be shown to be liars. If they admit to a wrong doing then that proves they did wrong. In my experience as an attorney, when a person has done nothing wrong and they are being directly accused of unauthorized use of material in another person's script, they or their attorney will at the very least send a brief denial letter; however, when they know they have done wrong they avoid answering to avoid putting a lie in writing and to avoid admitting the truth. In the below story about Mike Myers you will see that the person making the accusation against Myers had no evidence, but that a rep for Myers disputed the accusation because Myers wanted to go on the record as saying it was not true.
In 1998 I sent letters and evidence to many newspapers and magazines demonstrating that The Seinfeld Show had used material in a script that I sent to them, and asking that they expose what The Seinfeld Show had done. The newspapers and magazines had my name and were free to publish it so that who was accusing The Seinfeld Show would be known, in addition the newspapers and magazines had the documentary evidence of the Fed Ex receipt, a copy of my script, and transcripts of The Seinfeld Show's episodes that used the new and unique material that was in my script. The newspapers and magazines also had the evidence of The Seinfeld Show's return post mark showing that they kept my script for two weeks.
All of the following news media that received my letters and documented evidence refused to expose what The Seinfeld Show had done. (Where I list a fax number I sent my letter and documents by fax, where no fax number is listed I sent my letter and documents by regular mail.) I also sent follow up letters and faxes, and again they refused to expose what The Seinfeld Show had done.
Following is the list of media that refused to expose what The Seinfeld Show had done:
Attn: Mr. Lorne Motley (Assistant News Editor)
The Cagary Herald
P.O. Box 2400, Station M
Calgary, AB T2P 0W8
Attn: Mr. Al Driver (Assistant News Editor)
Leader-Post
The Leader-Post Ltd.
1964 Part Street
Regina, SK
Attn: Mr. Bruce Owen (Assistant News Editor)
Winnipeg Free Press
1355 Mountain Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6
To Fax No.: 697-7412
Attn: Mr. Gerald Flood
Assistant Editor
Winnipeg Free Press
1355 Mountain Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6
Attn: Mr. Dave Conners (Assistant News Editor)
Winnipeg Sun
1700 Church Avenue
Winnipeg MB R2X 3A2
Attn: Ms. Kris Rushowy (Assistant News Editor)
The Toronto Star
One Yonge Street
Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6
Attn: Mr. Gord Struthers (Assistant News Editor)
Star - Phoenix
204 Fifth Avenue, N.
Saskatoon, SK S7K 2P1
Attn: Mr. Scott Anderson (Assistant News Editor)
The Ottawa Citizen
P.O. Box 5020
Ottawa, ON, K2C 3M4
Attn: Mr. David Bist (Assistant News Editor)
The Gazette, Southam Inc.
250 St-Antone Street, W.
Montreal, QC, H2Y 3R7
Attn: Mr. Allen Matthews (Assignment Editor)
San Francisco Chronicle
The Chronicle Publ. Co.
901 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-2988
U.S.A.
Attn: Mr. Barry Bush (Assignment Editor)
The Dallas Morning News
P.O. Box 655237
Dallas, TX 75265
U.S.A.
Attn: Ms. Pam Fine (Managing Editor)
Star & Tribune
425 Portland Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55488
U.S.A.
Attn: Mr. Tim Fitzpatrick (Assistant News Editor)
Salt Lake Tribune
400 Tribune Bldg.
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
U.S.A.
Attn: Senior Editor
National Enquirer
600 SE Coast Avenue
Lantana, Florida 33462-0001
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (407) 997-9210
Attn: Senior Editor
Globe / National Examiner
5401 NW Broken Sound Blvd.
Boca Raton, Florida 33487-3587
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (914) 332-5044
Attn: Senior Editor
Star Editorial Inc.
660 White Plains Rd.
Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591-5182
U.S.A
To Fax No.: (703) 558-4646
Attn: Senior Editor
U.S.A. Today
Gannett Co. Inc.
1100 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22234-0001
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (312) 751-2818
Attn: Senior Editor
Playboy Enterprises Inc.
680 North Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611-4402-0001
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (212) 702-6262
Attn: Senior Editor
Penthouse
General Media Inc.
277 Park Avenue, Lobby 4
New York, N.Y. 10172-0099
U.S.A.
Attn: Senior Editor
The New Yorker Inc.
20 West 43rd Street
New York, N.Y. 10036-7440
U.S.A.
Attn: Senior Editor
Newsweek Inc.
251 W 57th Street
New York, N.Y. 10019-1802
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (212) 765-2699
Attn: Senior Editor
Time Magazine
1271 Avenue of The Americas
Rockefeller Center
New York, N.Y. 10020-1393
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (202) 334-5051
Attn: Senior Editor
Washington Post
1150 15th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20071-0001
U.S.A.
Attn: Senior Editor
New York Daily News
450 W. 33rd St., 3rd Flr.
New York, N.Y. 10001-2603
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (312) 321-3228
Attn: Senior Editor
Chicago Sun Times
401 N. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-3593
U.S.A.
To Fax No.: (312) 222-3935
Attn: Senior Editor
Chicago Tribune
435 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-4022
U.S.A.