Moral of the story? Never submit unsolicited material to ANYONE! And if someone does ask to see your work, make sure that you get everything in writing before you let them read word one. Those releases (when written fairly) work both ways to protect both the writer and the studio/publisher.

I’m kinda on Sony’s side here. I think.

It’s pretty crazy to allow someone to claim ownership of something as broad and all-encompassing. It’s not like those two invented the Greek mythology. Imagine what would happen if old man Tolkien walked around suing everyone who had elves and dwarves in their books, movies, games, etc.

Oh not disputing that. Just saying that if you don’t want your ideas stolen, don’t let them be, since every writer should already know that you can’t copyright an idea.