Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26330041-20150514014638/@comment-4453062-20150514042034

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.