Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26330041-20150514014638/@comment-2153169-20150514042725

ItachiIshtar wrote: Lady Junky wrote: ItachiIshtar wrote: Not to mention, Jane Espenson tweeted that the writers can't take unsolicited ideas from fans: https://twitter.com/JaneEspenson/status/598170297947164675 Yeah, I think it is a legal issue or something like that. I've seen other TV writers and producers say the same thing on social media. I wonder if one reason this is a legal issue is to protect the writers from being sued for plagiarism. For example, a fan could suggest a storyline idea to a writer, and the writer uses it. But later on that same fan could demand that they get credited for using their idea, and then threaten to sue them if they don't.

Exactly :)