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3526 An idea is not a chattel that can be the subject of a conversion action; a state action based on the claim that defendant distributed to the public works derived from a work authored by plaintiff was pre-empted by the federal Copyright Act.

MELCHIOR v NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS (Idea Conversion) 106 CA4 779 [See: 17 USC 101 etseq; Kodadek v MTV 152 F3 1209; Dielsi v Falk 916 FS. 985; Minniear v Tors 266 CA2 495; Selby v New Line 96 FS2 1053]

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