Marissa: What do you need me to do?
Wackner: Well, my copyright certificates are catching on with the fanfiction crowd. I need you to process them.
Marissa: How much are you charging for these?
Wackner: I checked with the writer’s guild charge for script registration, $20.
Marissa: You’re kidding, and how many have you sold?
Wackner: Four-hundred and twelve.
Marissa: What?
Wackner: I know. It spread online.
Marissa: But these don’t mean anything. They’re just pieces of paper.
Wackner: What do you think U.S. copyright is? Mine is at least good for 71 years. That’s a year more than U.S.
Marissa: But a plagiarist can still steal a work.
Wackner: They can do that with the U.S. copyright. They just get sued in court like they would in my court.
Marissa: Oh my god.
Wackner: Marissa, I’m building something here. I want you to join me. I want your advice. I want your advice on cases. I want to bounce legal theories off you.
Marissa: What are your legal theories?
Wackner: I don’t know. That’s why I need to bounce them.